Dr. Stephen C Nelson M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
1 Medical Center Blvd Acp-331 Chester PA, 19013About
Dr. Stephen Nelson is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Chester, PA. Dr. Nelson 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
Western University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific 1975
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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