Dr. Carmen Rebecca Sherer MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
5005 N Piedras St Wbamc El Paso TX, 79920About
Dr. Carmen Sherer is an infectious disease specialist practicing in El Paso, TX. Dr. Sherer 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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Tulane University School of Medicine 2000
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