Dr. Jeffrey T Darnall MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
1 Bartol Ave Suite 103 Ridley Park PA, 19078About
Dr. Jeffrey Darnall is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Ridley Park, PA. Dr. Darnall 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
Vanderbilt Univ Sch of Med, Nashville Tn 1976
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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