Dr. Rhett Mckey Shirley MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
890 W Faris Rd Suite 520 Greenville SC, 29605About
Dr. Rhett Shirley is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Greenville, SC. Dr. Shirley 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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Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Regents University 2004
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