There is a historical canon in the Eastern Orthodox Church that prohibits Christians from seeking medical treatment from Jewish physicians.
This is found in Canon 11 of the Council in Trullo (also known as the Quinisext Council, held in 692 AD), which is accepted as part of the canonical tradition in the Eastern Orthodox Church.
The full text of the canon, as preserved in standard English translations (e.g., from the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers series):
Let no one in the priestly order nor any layman eat the unleavened bread of the Jews, nor have any familiar intercourse with them, nor summon them in illness, nor receive medicines from them, nor bathe with them; but if anyone shall take in hand to do so, if he is a cleric, let him be deposed, but if a layman let him be cut off.
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