
Dr. Albert Cheng-gin Shaw MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
789 Howard Ave Dana Building, 3rd F New Haven CT, 06519About
Dr. Albert Shaw is an infectious disease specialist practicing in New Haven, CT. Dr. Shaw 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
Harvard Medical School 1991
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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Practice At 789 Howard Ave Dana Building, 3rd Floor
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