Dr. Ellie Sukerman M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
3181 SW SAM JACKSON PARK RD PORTLAND OR, 97239About
Dr. Ellie Sukerman is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Chicago, IL. Dr. Sukerman 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.
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