Sickle Cell Center - Montgomery Village, MDMontgomery Village Hematologist Doctors for Sickle CellType of Physician: Hematologist What is a Hematologist? A subspecialty certification by the Board of Internal Medicine. Hematologists treat diseases of the blood, spleen, and lymph glands such as anemia, clotting disorders, sickle cell disease, hemophilia, leukemia, and lymphoma. They perform special types of transfusions and biopsy the bone marrow for analysis. Specialty: Hematology Common Name: Blood Doctor Hematologist Doctors in Montgomery Village * Kaiser Permanente Regnl Lab  Ghousia Sultana MD  National Institutes Of Health  National Institutes Of Health  Internal Medicine Center PA  Metro Region PET Center  Johns Hopkins At Charter Dr  Chitra Venkatraman MD PA  University Maryland Cancer Ctr  John A Nesbitt MD  Johns Hopkins Outpatient Montgomery Village, MarylandUpcoming Local Events2013-05-31
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