Dr. Antonietta Discepolo-chiancone MD
Nuclear Medicine Specialist
25500 Point Lookout Rd Leonardtown MD, 20650About
Dr. Antonietta Discepolo-chiancone practices Nuclear Medicine in Leonardtown, MD. Dr. Discepolo-chiancone uses procedures and treatments that apply molecular imaging and molecular therapy. Nuclear Medicine Physicians are trained and certified to provide such procedures as skeletal imaging, glucose metabolic imaging, brain perfusion, blood pool imaging, and thyroid imaging, among many others.
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