Dr. Chitra Damodaran M.D.,
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
11201 Benton St Id Section (111m) Loma Linda CA, 92357About
Dr. Chitra Damodaran is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Loma Linda, CA. Dr. Damodaran 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
Louisiana State University Health Shreveport / School of Medicine 1992
Louisiana State University School of Medicine in Shreveport 1979
Coimbatore Medical College 1982
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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