Dr. Debra L Powell M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
301 S 7th Ave Suite 130 Reading PA, 19611About
Dr. Debra Powell is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Reading, PA. Dr. Powell 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
Penn State University Hospital MD
Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine 2003
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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