Dr. Steven L. Hickerson M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
935 S Baxter Ave Suite 103 Tyler TX, 75701About
Dr. Steven Hickerson is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Tyler, TX. Dr. Hickerson 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
Tx Tech Univ Hlth Sci Ctr Sch of Med, Lubbock Tx 1988
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine 1988
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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