Dr. Gustavo Valero M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
2601 Veterans Drive. Room 163 The Va Heal Harlingen TX, 78550About
Dr. Gustavo Valero is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Harlingen, TX. Dr. Valero 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 Auto De Nuevo Leon- Fac De Med- Monterrey- Nuevo Leon- Mexico 1988
Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon / Faculty of Medicine 1988
University of New Mexico School of Medicine 1988
Autonomous University of Nuevo L
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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