Dr. Peter R Sheckman MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
496 Lynnfield St Lynn MA, 01904Rating
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About
Dr. Peter Sheckman is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Lynn, MA. Dr. Sheckman 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
New York Univ Sch of Med, New York Ny 1971
New York University School of Medicine 1971
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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