Dr. Martin T Phillips MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
555 W Court St Suite 108 Kankakee IL, 60901About
Dr. Martin Phillips is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Kankakee, IL. Dr. Phillips 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
University of Ghana School of Medicine and Dentistry 1994
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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Fellowships
- Rush-Presbyterian St Luke Medical Center, Chicago, IL 2003
- Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center
- Rush Presbyt. - Infectious Disease, Chicago, IL 2003
- Rush University Medical Center - Rush System for Health, Chicago
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- Dr. Fabiola Maria del carmen Espinoza MD555 W Court St Kankakee IL 60901