Dr. Kelly Byrge, M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
3601 The Vanderbilt Clinic Nashville TN, 37232About
Dr. Kelly Byrge is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Nashville, TN. Dr. Byrge 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
Georgetown University Medical Degree 2014
Board Certification
American Board of Internal Medicine
Provider Details
Fellowships
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Internships
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Fellowships
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
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Get to know Infectious Disease Specialist Dr. Kelly Byrge, who serves patients in Franklin, Tennessee.
A Tennessee-based infectious disease specialist, Dr. Byrge tends to patients at Vanderbilt Infectious Disease Clinic Franklin, and serves as an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
Before embarking on her professional journey, she received her medical degree from Georgetown University in 2014, and then went on to complete her internship, residency in internal medicine, and fellowship in infectious disease at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
An expert in her field, the doctor is board-certified in infectious disease and internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM). The ABIM is a physician-led, non-profit, independent evaluation organization driven by doctors who want to achieve higher standards for better care in a rapidly changing world.
Infectious disease is a medical specialty dealing with the prevention, the diagnosis, and the treatment of all infections. An infectious disease specialist’s practice also consists of managing nosocomial (hospital-acquired) infections.
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