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Satya B Chaparala, MD
Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Disease
Medicare: Accepting Medicare Assignments
Practice Location: 5161 B Dr S, Suite A, Battle Creek, MI 49015
Phone: 269-969-6099    Fax: 269-969-6089
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Dr. Nadine F Potempa, MD
Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Disease
Medicare: Accepting Medicare Assignments
Practice Location: 5161 B Dr S, Suite A, Battle Creek, MI 49015
Phone: 269-969-6099    Fax: 269-969-6089

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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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