Dr. David C. Redfield M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
10666 N Torrey Pines Rd La Jolla CA, 92037About
Dr. David Redfield is an infectious disease specialist practicing in La Jolla, CA. Dr. Redfield 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
New York Univ Sch of Med, New York Ny 1974
New York University School of Medicine 1974
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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