Dr. Scott Roy Friedstrom MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
3219 CLIFTON AVE CINCINNATI OH, 45220About
Dr. Scott Friedstrom is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Cincinnati, OH. Dr. Friedstrom 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
Or Hlth Sci Univ Sch of Med, Portland Or 1979
Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine 1979
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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