Dr. Catherine Liu M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
513 Parnassus Ave Room S-380, Box 0654 San Francisco CA, 94143About
Dr. Catherine Liu is an infectious disease specialist practicing in San Francisco, CA. Dr. Liu 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
University of California 2002
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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