Dr. Marvin J. Bittner M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
4101 Woolworth Ave Omaha NE, 68105About
Dr. Marvin Bittner is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Omaha, NE. Dr. Bittner 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
Harvard Med Sch, Boston Ma 1976
Harvard Medical School 1976
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Clarification on use of high-dose influenza vaccine in the elderly.
- Paucity of laboratory-confirmed failures of high-dose influenza vaccine in an elderly population, 2012-2013. .
- Education and Communication in an Interprofessional Antimicrobial Stewardship Program.
- A Profile of Patients Who Fail to Keep Appointments in a Veterans Affairs Primary Care Clinic.
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