Dr. Robert R Redfield M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
22 S Greene St Baltimore MD, 21201About
Dr. Robert Redfield is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Baltimore, MD. Dr. Redfield 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
Georgetown Univ Sch of Med, Washington Dc 1977
Georgetown University School of Medicine 1977
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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