Dr. Joseph Alan Kane M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
9900 Se Sunnyside Rd Clackamas OR, 97015About
Dr. Joseph Kane is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Clackamas, OR. Dr. Kane 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
Harvard Med Sch, Boston Ma 1974
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Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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