Dr. Essam A Girgawy MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
800 Peakwood Dr Suite 7h Houston TX, 77090About
Dr. Essam Girgawy is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Houston, TX. Dr. Girgawy 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 Cairo- Fac Of Med- Cairo- Egypt (- Prior /) 1980
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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