Dr. John C Schaefer MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
6161 Kempsville Cir Suite 220 Norfolk VA, 23502About
Dr. John Schaefer is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Norfolk, VA. Dr. Schaefer 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
Umdnj-New Jersey Med Sch- Newark Nj 1970
Rutgers 1970
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Long-term care survey reveals challenges. Facilities grapple with five broad
- [First case of congenital galactosemia in Algeria].
- [Herpetic disease in infant & its limitations; case report].
- [General statistics on intestinal parasitosis in children in Algiers].
- Generation of enhanced coherent anti-Stokes Raman spectroscopy signals in liquid-filled waveguides.
- Irreversible enzyme inhibitors. 187. Studies on bulk tolerance with inhibitors of guanosine phosphorylase.
- An aspergillus immunodiffusion test in the early diagnosis of aspergillosis in adult leukemia patients.
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