Dr. John Gavin Cotter M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
84 Marginal Way Suite #800 Portland ME, 04101About
Dr. John Cotter is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Portland, ME. Dr. Cotter 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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Memorial University of Newfoundland / Faculty of Medicine 2000
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