Dr. John Gregory Corcoran MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
5265 E Knight Drive Tucson Internal Medi Tucson AZ, 85711About
Dr. John Corcoran is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Tucson, AZ. Dr. Corcoran 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 Az Coll of Med, Tucson Az 1976
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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