Dr. Chia C. Wang M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
720 8th Ave S Suite 100 Seattle WA, 98104About
Dr. Chia Wang is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Seattle, WA. Dr. Wang 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
Northwestern Uniiversity 1990
Northwestern University The Feinberg School of Medicine 1990
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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Awards
- Seattle Super Doctors 2011
Fellowships
- Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Infectious Diseases, University of Washington, Seattle 1999
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