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Dr. Robert Melville Swenson M.D.

Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease

600 W Mount Airy Ave Philadelphia PA, 19119
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Dr. Robert Swenson is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Swenson 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

Washington University of Health and Sciences 1963

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Dr. Robert Melville Swenson M.D.'s Practice location

Practice At 600 W Mount Airy Ave

600 W Mount Airy Ave -
Philadelphia, PA 19119
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