Dr. Michelle R Salvaggio MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
711 Stanton L Young Blvd Ppb Suite 430 Oklahoma City OK, 73104About
Dr. Michelle Salvaggio is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Oklahoma City, OK. Dr. Salvaggio 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
University Of Oklahoma College Of Medicine 1998
University of Alabama School of Medicine 2004
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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