Dr. Howard M Kussman MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
3801 W 15th St Bldg A - Suite 340 Plano TX, 75075Rating
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Dr. Howard Kussman is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Plano, TX. Dr. Kussman 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 The Witwatersrand- Med Sch- Johannesburg- So Africa 1990
University of The Witwatersrand, Faculty of Health Sciences,Parktown, South Africa
University of the Witwatersrand Faculty of Health Sciences 1986
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THE HEART HOSPITAL BAYLOR PLANOl
1100 ALLIED DRIVE PLANO TX 75093BAYLOR REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER AT PLANOl
4700 ALLIANCE BOULEVARD PLANO TX 75093