Dr. James B Metzger MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
2142 N Cove Blvd Toledo OH, 43606About
Dr. James Metzger is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Toledo, OH. Dr. Metzger 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
Johns Hopkins Univ Sch of Med, Baltimore Md 1977
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine 1977
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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