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Dr. Heather E Clauss MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
3401 N Broad St Philadelphia PA, 19140About
Dr. Heather Clauss is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Clauss 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
Drexel University College of Medicine 2002
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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