Dr. Joel Spear MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
2900 N Lake Shore Dr Chicago IL, 60657About
Dr. Joel Spear is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Chicago, IL. Dr. Spear 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
Northeast Ohio Medical University 1982
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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