Dr. Harvey M Friedman MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
3400 Spruce Street Philadelphia PA, 19104About
Dr. Harvey Friedman is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Friedman 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
Mc Gill Univ- Fac Of Med- Montreal- Que- Canada 1969
McGill University Faculty of Medicine 1969
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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