Dr. Swetal Rajendraprasad Patel MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
1 Nassau St Unit 305 Boston MA, 02111About
Dr. Swetal Patel is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Boston, MA. Dr. Patel 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
N H L Municipal Med College Gujarat University
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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