Dr. Dorothy Caroline Garner
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
2001 Crystal Spring Ave Sw Suite 301 Roanoke VA, 24014About
Dr. Dorothy Garner is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Roanoke, VA. Dr. Garner 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
University of Alabama School of Medicine 1985
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