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Dr. Douglas Leandre Bechard M.D., Infectious Disease Specialist
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Dr. Douglas Leandre Bechard M.D.

Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease

5746 Marlin Rd Suite 500 Chattanooga TN, 37411

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Dr. Douglas Bechard is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Chattanooga, TN. Dr. Bechard 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

Loma Linda University School of Medicine 1972

Board Certification

Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease

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Douglas Bechard

5746 Marlin Rd Suite 500 -
Chattanooga, TN 37411
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