Dr. Lara Beth Gadkowski MD MPH MS
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
825 Fairfax Ave Suite 545 Norfolk VA, 23507About
Dr. Lara Gadkowski is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Norfolk, VA. Dr. Gadkowski 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
Thomas Jefferson University Jefferson Medical College MD
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University 2002
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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