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Dr. Roger Phelps M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
325 EL CERRITO AVE PIEDMONT CA, 94611About
Dr. Roger Phelps is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Oakland, CA. Dr. Phelps 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
Johns Hopkins Univ Sch of Med, Baltimore Md 1979
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine 1979
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
Provider Details
Dr. Roger Phelps M.D.'s Practice location
Practice At 350 30th St Suite 511
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- Dr. Mark Lee M.D.4096 PIEDMONT AVE OAKLAND CA 94611
- Dr. Rand Michael Dadasovich MD3600 BROADWAY FL 4 OAKLAND CA 94611
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Nearest Hospitals
ALTA BATES SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTERl
350 HAWTHORNE AVENUE OAKLAND CA 94609KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - OAKLAND/RICHMONDl
275 W MACARTHUR BOULEVARD OAKLAND CA 94611CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & RESEARCH CENTER OAKLANDl
747 52ND STREET OAKLAND CA 94609ALTA BATES SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTERl
350 HAWTHORNE AVENUE OAKLAND CA 94609KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - OAKLAND/RICHMONDl
275 W MACARTHUR BOULEVARD OAKLAND CA 94611HIGHLAND HOSPITALl
1411 E 31ST STREET OAKLAND CA 94602