Dr. Marcella Alsan M.D., MPH
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
55 Fruit St Gj 504 Boston MA, 02114About
Dr. Marcella Alsan is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Boston, MA. Dr. Alsan 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
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine 2005
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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