Dr. Joseph H Brewer M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
4320 Wornall Rd Suite 440 Kansas City MO, 64111About
Dr. Joseph Brewer is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Kansas City, MO. Dr. Brewer 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 Ks Sch of Med, Kansas City Ks 1976
University of Wales in Great Britain 1976
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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