Katie Anne Sharff MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Rd Portland OR, 97239About
Dr. Katie Sharff is an infectious disease specialist practicing in PITTSBURGH, PA. Dr. Sharff 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
U Of Chgo Div Of Bio Sci Pritzker Sch Of Med 2007
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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