Dr. Bhavna Malik MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
365 LENNON LN WALNUT CREEK CA, 94598About
Dr. Bhavna Malik is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Pleasanton, CA. Dr. Malik 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
Government Med College Amritsar India MD 1998
Guru Govind Singh Med College Punjab University Faridkot Punjab India 2000
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Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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