Dr. Eskild A Petersen MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
1501 N Campbell Ave Tucson AZ, 85724About
Dr. Eskild Petersen is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Tucson, AZ. Dr. Petersen 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
Kobenhavns Univ, Det Laegevidenskabelige Fak, Kobenhavn, Denmark 1972
University of Copenhagen / College of Medicine 1972
Aarhus Universitet Det Sundhedsvidenskabelige Fakultet 1972
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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