Dr. Melissa K Osborn MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
2500 METROHEALTH DR CLEVELAND OH, 44109About
Dr. Melissa Osborn is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Atlanta, GA. Dr. Osborn 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.
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Oh State Univ Coll of Med, Columbus Oh 1999
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Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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