Dr. Michael Lawrence Butera M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
6699 Alvarado Rd Suite 2308 San Diego CA, 92120About
Dr. Michael Butera is an infectious disease specialist practicing in San Diego, CA. Dr. Butera 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
Suny-Hlth Sci Ctr At Brooklyn, Coll of Med, Brooklyn Ny 1983
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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