Dr. Jessie Kumudinidevi Saverimuttu M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
11 Ralph Place 204 Staten Island NY, 10304About
Dr. Jessie Saverimuttu is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Staten Island, NY. Dr. Saverimuttu 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
New York Medical College 2006
University of Jaffna Faculty of Medicine 1987
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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