Dr. Karen Bloch MD, MPH
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
3601 Tvc Nashville TN, 37232About
Dr. Karen Bloch is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Nashville, TN. Dr. Bloch 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
Univ of Va Sch of Med, Charlottesville Va 1990
University of Virginia / Main Campus 1990
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Fellowships
- University of California San Francisco Medical Center 1997
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