Dr. David T Fisk MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
317 W Pueblo St Santa Barbara CA, 93105About
Dr. David Fisk is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Santa Barbara, CA. Dr. Fisk 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
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine 1997
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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- University Michigan Medical Center
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