Dr. Gregory Anstead MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
4647 Medical Dr San Antonio TX, 78229About
Dr. Gregory Anstead is an infectious disease specialist practicing in San Antonio, TX. Dr. Anstead 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
Univ of Il Coll of Med, Chicago Il 1993
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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