Dr. Michael S Gelfand MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
1910 Nonconnah Blvd Suite 120 Memphis TN, 38132About
Dr. Michael Gelfand is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Memphis, TN. Dr. Gelfand 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.
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