Dr. Jose Maria Eguia MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
1 Shrader St Suite 500 San Francisco CA, 94117About
Dr. Jose Eguia is an infectious disease specialist practicing in San Francisco, CA. Dr. Eguia 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
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons 1997
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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