Padmini Srikantiah M.D. MPH
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
995 Potrero Ave # 0874 San Francisco Genera San Francisco CA, 94110About
Dr. Padmini Srikantiah is an infectious disease specialist practicing in San Francisco, CA. Dr. Srikantiah 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
Univ of Ca, San Diego, Sch of Med, La Jolla Ca 1998
University Of Nevada School Of Medicine
University of California 1998
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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