Dr. Dr. Donna R. Lesser, D.O.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
994 W Jericho Tpke Suite 201 Smithtown NY, 11787About
Dr. Donna Lesser is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Smithtown, NY. Dr. Lesser 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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Western University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific 1989
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