Dr. Amy Margarete Dechet M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
521 Parnassus Ave Box 0654 San Francisco CA, 94143About
Dr. Amy Dechet is an infectious disease specialist practicing in San Francisco, CA. Dr. Dechet 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
University of Washington School of Medicine 1999
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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