Dr. Gary Steven Horwith M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
50 W Four Point Rd Womelsdorf PA, 19567About
Dr. Gary Horwith is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Womelsdorf, PA. Dr. Horwith 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
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Honduras Facultad de Ciencias Medicas 1975
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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