Dr. Patricia Lynn Demarais MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
15900 South Cicero Ave Oak Forest Hosptial Oak Forest IL, 60452About
Dr. Patricia Demarais is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Oak Forest, IL. Dr. Demarais 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
Wayne State Univ Sch of Med, Detroit Mi 1987
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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