Dr. Melvin Khaw M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
16030 Ventura Blvd Suite 680 Encino CA, 91436About
Dr. Melvin Khaw is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Encino, CA. Dr. Khaw 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.
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Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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