Dr. Richard Simpson Jerauld M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
1101 Veterans Dr Lexington KY, 40502About
Dr. Richard Jerauld is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Lexington, KY. Dr. Jerauld 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
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine 1973
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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