Dr. Alan M Sanders MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
567 New Scotland Ave Albany NY, 12208About
Dr. Alan Sanders is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Albany, NY. Dr. Sanders 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.
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Albany Medical College - Union University 1988
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