Dr. Thomas Courtney M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
2 Medical Center Dr Suite 3 Biddeford ME, 04005Rating
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Dr. Thomas Courtney is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Biddeford, ME. Dr. Courtney 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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U of Tx Med Sch At Houston, Houston Tx 1988
University Of Texas Medical School at Houston 1988
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