Dr. Olivia Telle Van gerwen M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
703 19TH ST S # ZRB204 BIRMINGHAM AL, 35233About
Dr. Olivia Van gerwen is an infectious disease specialist practicing in BIRMINGHAM, AL. Dr. Van gerwen 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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