Dr. Christine A Kerr M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
1037 Main St Hudson River Healthc Peekskill NY, 10566About
Dr. Christine Kerr is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Peekskill, NY. Dr. Kerr 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 at Buffalo State University of New York School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences 2002
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Treatments
- Hepatitis
- Hepatitis B
- Hives
- Hepatitis C
- Pain
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