Thomas Patterson
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
9200 Pinecroft Suite 480 Spring TX, 77380About
Dr. Thomas Patterson is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Spring, TX. Dr. Patterson 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
U of Tx Med Sch At Houston, Houston Tx 1983
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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