Dr. Christopher Patrick Schirtzinger M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
3100 Maccorkle Ave Se Suite 604 Charleston WV, 25304About
Dr. Christopher Schirtzinger is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Charleston, WV. Dr. Schirtzinger 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
West Virginia University School of Medicine 2011
Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine 2010
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