Dr. Leonardo A Palau MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
1111 Medical Plaza Dr Suite 170 Spring TX, 77380About
Dr. Leonardo Palau is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Spring, TX. Dr. Palau 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 Catol De Santiago De Guayaquil, Fac De Med, Guayaquil, Ecuador 1985
Universidad CatÛlica de Santiago de Guayaquil Facultad de Ciencias MÈdicas 1985
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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