Dr. Vitalis Chukwudi Okechukwu M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
1700 KALISTE SALOOM ROAD LAFAYETTE LA, 70508About
Dr. Vitalis Okechukwu is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Opelousas, LA. Dr. Okechukwu 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
Lugansk State Med University MD
LUGANSKIJ MED INST
O.O. Bogomolets National Medical University 1996
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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