Dr. Dorothy A Slavin M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
100 E Lancaster Ave Lankenau Med Bldg Ea Wynnewood PA, 19096About
Dr. Dorothy Slavin is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Wynnewood, PA. Dr. Slavin 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
Med Coll of Pa, Philadelphia Pa 1991
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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