Dr. Heather Yaun Hughes MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
1215 Lee St Charlottesville VA, 22908About
Dr. Heather Hughes is an infectious disease specialist practicing in CHARLESTON, SC. Dr. Hughes 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
Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Regents University 2008
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