Dr. Christopher Peter Dowd DO
Internist
3235 Bridge Rd Suite 15 Suffolk VA, 23435About
Advanced, proactive, primary care delivered in a personalized, comprehensive fashion. We provide high quality, thorough medical care with special focus on prevention. We are a limited-size, private-fe ...
Education and Training
Kansas City University of Medicine & Biosciences - College of Osteopathic Medicine 2001
Board Certification
Family MedicineAmerican Board of Family MedicineABFM- 2005
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
Provider Details
Awards
- 2001 Golden Stethoscope, Kansas City Univ of Medicine & Biosciences
Treatments
- General Care
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