Parag Govindbhai Patel MD, MBBS
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
2006 Health Campus Dr Harrisonburg VA, 22801About
Dr. Parag Patel is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Harrisonburg, VA. Dr. Patel 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
Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Medical College 2003
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Data provided by the National Library of MedicineTreatments
- Fever
- Hives
- Endocarditis
- Lyme Disease
- Cellulitis
- Meningitis
- Osteomyelitis
- Leg Ulcer
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- Dr. Addison Roger Parris MD2006 Health Campus Dr Harrisonburg VA 22801
- Dr. Huda Imam Gasmelseed M.D235 Cantrell Ave Harrisonburg VA 22801