Dr. Edmund Madison Chitwood MD
Emergency Physician
459 Locust Ave Mb 26 Charlottesville VA, 22902About
Dr. Edmund Chitwood practices Emergency Medicine in Charlottesville, VA. Dr. Chitwood assesses patients who seek immediate medical attention at any time of day or night. Emergency Medicine Physicians are trained to efficiently work with each patient and situation no matter how acute or life-threatening. Dr. Chitwood examines patients, determines means of testing, diagnoses conditions, and decides the best treatment methods.
Education and Training
Univ of Va Sch of Med, Charlottesville Va 1997
University of Virginia / Main Campus 1997
University of Virginia School of Medicine 1997
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Disseminated coccidioidomycosis; report of a case.
- Chorioepithelioma of testis with bilateral choroidal metastasis.
- Ruptured liver due to periarteritis nodosa; report of a case.
- Adenocarcinoma of the appendix: with a review of recent literature.
- Primary melanoma of the ileum.
- Mesenteric cysts.
- Argentaffinoma (carcinoid) of the stomach; report of a case.
- Stein-Levanthal syndrome. A case report.
- Pregnancy and heart disease.
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