Dr. Peter Axelrod MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
3401 N Broad St Philadelphia PA, 19140About
Dr. Peter Axelrod is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Axelrod 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
Yale Univ Sch of Med, New Haven Ct 1980
Yale School of Medicine 1980
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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