Pulmonary Disease Doctors in El Cajon, CA Accepting Medicare

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Athir J Hajjar, M.D.
Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Disease
Medicare: Accepting Medicare Assignments
Practice Location: 671 S Mollison Ave, Suite B & C, El Cajon, CA 92020
Phone: 619-841-8148    Fax: 844-350-9978

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Pulmonary Disease: An internist who treats diseases of the lungs and airways. The pulmonologist diagnoses and treats cancer, pneumonia, pleurisy, asthma, occupational and environmental diseases, bronchitis, sleep disorders, emphysema and other complex disorders of the lungs.


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