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Physicians Who Treat Hepatitis

Memphis, TN

Physician:

John Ward, MD

Type of physician:

Gastroenterology

Address:

Gastroenterology Center of the MidSouth, P.C.
6025 Walnut Grove Rd
Suite 316
Memphis, TN 38120

Phone:

Fax:

901.767.1591

901.676.4264

Patient Comment:

His office does many drug
studies on Hepatits C.

Physician:

Michael J. Levinson, MD

Type of physician:

Gastroenterology

Address:

Memphis Gastroenterology
80 Humphreys Center Suite 220
Memphis, TN 38120

Phone:

901.747.3630

Patient Comment:

Said he'd help me and he did after I'd been to
specialists all over the country.
One of a kind.

Physician:

Michael S. Dragutsky, MD

Type of physician:

Gastroenterology/Hepatology
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Address:

Gastroenterology Center of the MidSouth, PC
6025 Walnut Grove Rd.
Suite 316
Memphis, TN 38120

Phone:

Fax:

901.767.1591

901.767.4264

Physician:

Bradford Waters, MD

Type of physician:

Hepatologist

Address:

Memphis VA Medical Center
1030 Jefferson Avenue
Memphis, TN 38103

Phone:

901.448.7006
901.448.4000

Comments:

Factual and Compassionate.
He was as concerned with my mental state as my well as physical state (I want to add to this that he asked if my illness had caused much depression and not if my depression had caused my illness, which is what the others seem to feel) there is not a part of me that he didn't want to know about. He never once looked at his watch nor took hold of the door handle until I said I had no more questions

Physician:

Caroline Riely, MD

Type of physician:

Gastroenterologist

Address:

U.T. Medical Group, Inc.
Hepatology & Gastroenterology
920 Madison Ave. Suite 300
Memphis, TN 38163

Phone:

901.448.7006

Physician:

Richard S. Aycock, MD

Type of physician:

Gastroenterologist

Address:

Memphis Gastroenterology
80 Humphreys Ste 220
Memphis, TN 38120

Phone:

901.747.3630

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