Dr. David E. Perlada M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
1 Country Club Plz Orinda CA, 94563About
Dr. David Perlada is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Orinda, CA. Dr. Perlada 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
Dr. Nicanor Reyes Medical Foundation Institute of Medicine - Far Eastern University 1987
Far Eastern University Institute of Medicine 1987
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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