Mr. Robert Charles Lusk MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
5050 Ne Hoyt St Suite 540 Portland OR, 97213About
Dr. Robert Lusk is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Portland, OR. Dr. Lusk 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
Univ of Tx Med Branch Galveston, Galveston Tx 1988
Texas A&M University, TX 1988
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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