Dr. Dale K. Lieu MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
4647 Zion Ave San Diego CA, 92120About
Dr. Dale Lieu is an infectious disease specialist practicing in San Diego, CA. Dr. Lieu 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.
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University of California 1984
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