Dr. Bruce D. Fisher M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
1945 Route 33 Department Of Medici Neptune NJ, 07753About
Dr. Bruce Fisher is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Neptune, NJ. Dr. Fisher 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
Washington Univ Sch Of Med- St Louis Mo 1970
Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania 1997
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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