
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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Nearby Providers
- Dr. Cameron J Cover MD9155 Sw Barnes Rd Portland OR 97225
- Dr. Mark Alden Crislip MD1015 Nw 22nd Portland OR 97210
- Dr. Sarah Slaughter MD5050 Ne Hoyt St Portland OR 97213
- Dr. Melissa Rose Nyendak MDOregon Health And Science University Portland OR 97239
- Dr. Rachel N Plotinsky MD9155 SW BARNES RD STE 638 PORTLAND OR 97225
- Dr. John Manchester Townes MD3181 Sw Sam Jackson Park Rd Portland OR 97239
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