Dr. Hans P Schlecht M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center 110 Francis Street, Boston MA, 02215About
Dr. Hans Schlecht is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Boston, MA. Dr. Schlecht 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
Umdnj-New Jersey Med Sch- Newark Nj 2000
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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