Dr. Howard J Cohen MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
960 Johnson Ferry Rd Ne Suite 500 Atlanta GA, 30342About
Dr. Howard Cohen is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Atlanta, GA. Dr. Cohen 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
New York Univ Sch of Med, New York Ny 1970
Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Regents University 1977
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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