
Dr. Gelareh K Alavi M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
5601 Loch Raven Blvd Baltimore MD, 21239About
Dr. Gelareh Alavi is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Baltimore, MD. Dr. Alavi 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
Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College 2011
Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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Nearby Providers
- Dr. James Harvey Maguire M.D., M.P.H.22 S Greene St Baltimore MD 21201
- Dr. Alan David Lein M.D.3732 Tudor Arms Ave Baltimore MD 21211
- Dr. Charles A Haile MD7600 Osler Dr Towson MD 21204
- Dr. Joanna Kopacz MD10 N Greene St Baltimore MD 21201
- Dr. Andrea Lynn Cox M.D.1800 Orleans St Baltimore MD 21287
- Dr. Mark Sulkowski M.D.1800 Orleans St Baltimore MD 21287
Nearest Hospitals
MEDSTAR GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITALl
5601 LOCH RAVEN BOULEVARD BALTIMORE MD 21239MEDSTAR UNION MEMORIAL HOSPITALl
201 EAST UNIVERSITY PARKWAY BALTIMORE MD 21218INOVA FAIRFAX HOSPITALl
3300 GALLOWS ROAD FALLS CHURCH VA 22042INOVA FAIR OAKS HOSPITALl
3600 JOSEPH SIEWICK DRIVE FAIRFAX VA 22033