Dr. Micah Abram Jacobs MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
105 Braunlich Dr Suite 104 Pittsburgh PA, 15237About
Dr. Micah Jacobs is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Pittsburgh, PA. Dr. Jacobs 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
The University of Toledo College of Medicine 2003
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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