Dr. Thomas Francis Obrien MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
75 Francis Street Brigham And Womens H Boston MA, 02115About
Dr. Thomas Obrien is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Boston, MA. Dr. Obrien 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.
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Harvard Medical School 1954
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