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Dr. Michael L Raff M.D.
Geneticist | Clinical Biochemical Genetics
315 Martin Luther King Jr Way Ms 315-C3-Cli Tacoma WA, 98405About
Dr. Michael Raff practices Genetic Medicine in Tacoma, WA. As a geneticist, Dr. Raff performs experiments and analyzes data to interpret the inheritance of different traits in patients. A geneticist evaluates, diagnoses, and manages patients? with hereditary conditions or congenital malformations, genetic risk calculations, and mutation analysis. Dr. Raff carries out studies, tests, and counsels patients with genetic diseases.
Education and Training
McGill University Faculty of Medicine 1991
Provider Details
Treatments
- Breast Cancer
- Birth Defects
- Malnutrition
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