Dr. Deepthi Kumara Jayasekara MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
1135 S Sunset Ave 208 West Covina CA, 91790About
Dr. Deepthi Jayasekara is an infectious disease specialist practicing in West Covina, CA. Dr. Jayasekara 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
Colombo Medical School 1992
University of Colombo Faculty of Medicine 1992
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