Mrs. Valerie A Chirurgi MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
5575 W Las Positas Bl #210 Pleasanton CA, 94588About
Dr. Valerie Chirurgi is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Pleasanton, CA. Dr. Chirurgi 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
Loyola Univ of Chicago Stritch Sch of Med, Maywood Il 1985
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine 1985
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Performance of patients with early HIV-1 infection on the Stroop Task.
- Spatial attention in HIV-1 infection: a preliminary report.
- Pneumococcal bacteremia as a marker for human immunodeficiency virus infection in patients without AIDS.
- Long survival without zidovudine in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)
- Enterobacter agglomerans--associated cotton fever.
- Pulmonary dirofilariasis in California.
- Speed of memory scanning is not affected in early HIV-1 infection.
Professional Memberships
- Member AMA, ASM, ACP
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