Dr. Richard Eric Thorner MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
8042 Wurzbach Rd Suite 280 San Antonio TX, 78229About
Dr. Richard Thorner is an infectious disease specialist practicing in San Antonio, TX. Dr. Thorner 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 1971
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Fellowships
- University of Pennsylvania Health System, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 1978
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