Dr. Freda E Chu M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
259 Heathcote Rd Scarsdale NY, 10583About
Dr. Freda Chu is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Scarsdale, NY. Dr. Chu 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
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University 1985
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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