Dr. Belai Damtew MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
7255 Old Oak Blvd Bldg C, Suite 302 Cleveland OH, 44130About
Dr. Belai Damtew is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Cleveland, OH. Dr. Damtew 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
Gondar College of Medical Sciences, Addis Ababa University (Ethiopia) 1976
Addis Ababa University 1978
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Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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