Dr. Alain Robert Bouckenooghe MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
4021 S 700 E Comphealth Salt Lake City UT, 84107About
Dr. Alain Bouckenooghe is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Salt Lake City, UT. Dr. Bouckenooghe 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
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven MD
Baylor College of Medicine
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KULeuven) Faculteit Geneeskunde 1985
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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