Dr. Ross R Zimmer MD
Nuclear Medicine Specialist | Nuclear Cardiology
39th And Market St 4 Phi Philadelphia PA, 19104About
Dr. Ross Zimmer practices Nuclear Medicine in Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Zimmer uses procedures and treatments that apply molecular imaging and molecular therapy. Nuclear Medicine Physicians are trained and certified to provide such procedures as skeletal imaging, glucose metabolic imaging, brain perfusion, blood pool imaging, and thyroid imaging, among many others.
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Temple Univ Sch of Med, Philadelphia Pa 1989
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