Dr. Keith Macdonell M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
2740 W Foster Ave Suite 214 Chicago IL, 60625About
Dr. Keith Macdonell is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Chicago, IL. Dr. Macdonell 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
Northwestern Uniiversity MD
Northwestern University The Feinberg School of Medicine 1983
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Fellowships
- Mcgaw Medical Center/Nu 1988
- Northwestern University School of Medicine
- Northwestern McGaw/Northwestern Memorial Hospital (Infectious Diseases)
- Northwestern McGaw/Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Infectious Disease 1988
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