Dr. Richard Feldman MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
800 WALNUT ST FL 17 PHILADELPHIA PA, 19107About
Dr. Richard Feldman is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Tucson, AZ. Dr. Feldman specializes in infections that are difficult to diagnose or unresponsive to treatments, such as HIV or airborne infections from a foreign country. Infectious disease specialists usually work with conditions that are not treatable by a primary physician but it is important to keep contact with the primary physician in order to receive information about the patients history and for deciding which diagnostic tests are appropriate.
Education and Training
Umdnj-Robt W Johnson Med Sch- New Brunswick Nj 1984
Rutgers 1984
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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