Dr. Claudia T Martorell MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
57 Mulberry St. Springfield MA, 01105About
Dr. Claudia Martorell is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Springfield, MA. Dr. Martorell 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 Pr Sch Of Med- San Juan Pr 1998
University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine 1998
University of Alabama School of Medicine
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Randomized trial of asunaprevir plus peginterferon alfa and ribavirin for previously untreated genotype 1 or 4 chronic hepatitis C.
- Switching from efavirenz, emtricitabine, and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate to tenofovir alafenamide coformulated with rilpivirine and emtricitabine in virally suppressed adults with HIV-1 infection: a randomised, double-blind, multicentre, phase 3b,
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