Dr. Tomas William Abalo M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
815 1ST AVE SE ABERDEEN SD, 57401About
Dr. Tomas Abalo is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Clare, MI. Dr. Abalo specializes in infections that are difficult to diagnose or unresponsive to treatments, such as HIV or airborne infections from a foreign country. Infectious disease specialists usually work with conditions that are not treatable by a primary physician but it is important to keep contact with the primary physician in order to receive information about the patients history and for deciding which diagnostic tests are appropriate.
Education and Training
Univ Of The Philippines- Coll Of Med- Manila- Philippines 1987
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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