
Dr. Robert Gordon Douglas M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
265 Old Black Point Rd Niantic CT, 06357About
Dr. Robert Douglas is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Niantic, CT. Dr. Douglas 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
Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medicine Research, Pondicherry University 1959
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School 1988
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