Dr. Gelareh K Alavi M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
11211 Waples Mill Rd Suite 200 Fairfax VA, 22030About
Dr. Gelareh Alavi is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Baltimore, MD. Dr. Alavi 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
Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College 2011
Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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