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Mhd Haitham Chaker, MD
Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Disease
Medicare: Accepting Medicare Assignments
Practice Location: 720 Hospital Dr, Suite 106, Shelbyville, KY 40065
Phone: 502-633-1151    Fax: 502-633-5282

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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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