Dr. Robert L Penn M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
1501 Kings Hwy Department Of Medici Shreveport LA, 71103About
Dr. Robert Penn is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Shreveport, LA. Dr. Penn 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 At Buffalo SUNY School Of Med and Biomedical Sciences Buffalo Ny 1973
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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