Dr. Cheston Cunha M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
164 SUMMIT AVE PROVIDENCE RI, 02906About
Dr. Cheston Cunha is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Providence, RI. Dr. Cunha 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.
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Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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