Dr. Chukwuemeka Ogbonnaya Chima MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
101 Robeson St Suite 300-A Fayetteville NC, 28301About
Dr. Chukwuemeka Chima is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Fayetteville, NC. Dr. Chima 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 Calabar, Coll of Med Sci, Calabar, Cross River, Nigeria 1991
University of Calabar College of Medical Sciences 1991
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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