Dr. Michael Edward Blocker M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
1900 RANDOLPH RD STE 216 CHARLOTTE NC, 28207About
Dr. Michael Blocker is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Burlington, NC. Dr. Blocker 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
Univ Of Ma Med Sch- Worcester Ma 1994
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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Data provided by the National Library of MedicineFellowships
- UNC - Chapel Hill 2000
- University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, Infectious Diseases, NC, USA 2000
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