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Dr. Joseph A Kovacs M.D., Infectious Disease Specialist
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Dr. Joseph A Kovacs M.D.

Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease

National Institutes Of Health Room 2c145 Bldg 10 M Bethesda MD, 20892
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Dr. Joseph Kovacs is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Bethesda, MD. Dr. Kovacs 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.

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Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease

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National Institutes Of Health Room 2c145 Bldg 10 M -
Bethesda, MD 20892
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ROOM 2C145 BLDG 10 MSC 1662 -
BETHESDA, MD 20892
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New patients: 301-496-9320
Fax: 301-402-1213

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