Dr. Francis X Riedo MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
11911 Ne 132nd St Suite 100 Kirkland WA, 98034About
Dr. Francis Riedo is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Kirkland, WA. Dr. Riedo 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
Johns Hopkins Univ Sch of Med, Baltimore Md 1981
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, M.D.
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine 1981
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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Data provided by the National Library of MedicineAwards
- 2014 Seattle Met Magazine Top Doc
- 2011 Seattle Super Doctors
Treatments
- Travel Medicine, Aids/hiv, Infections
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