Dr. Laurence Bruce Balter MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
6400 Goldsboro Rd Suite#330 Bethesda MD, 20817About
Dr. Laurence Balter is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Washington, DC. Dr. Balter 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
New York Univ Sch of Med, New York Ny 1998
New York University School of Medicine 1998
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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