Dr. Karen M Speirs DO
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
1221 6th St Suite 206 Traverse City MI, 49684About
Dr. Karen Speirs is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Traverse City, MI. Dr. Speirs 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
Mi State Univ, Coll of Osteo Med, East Lansing Mi 2000
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