Dr. Michael J Cichon MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
9804 N 56th St Tampa FL, 33617About
Dr. Michael Cichon is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Tampa, FL. Dr. Cichon 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
Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine & Science 1972
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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- Infectious Diseases - (University of South Florida)
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