Dr. Alfred Gordon Smith
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
620 JOHN PAUL JONES CIRCLE PORTSMOUTH VA, 23708About
Dr. Alfred Smith is an infectious disease specialist practicing in PORTSMOUTH, VA. Dr. Smith 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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