Dr. Charles J Lerner MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
12721 Hunters Chase San Antonio TX, 78230About
Dr. Charles Lerner is an infectious disease specialist practicing in San Antonio, TX. Dr. Lerner 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
St Louis Univ Sch of Med, St Louis Mo 1966
Saint Louis University School of Medicine 1966
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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