Dr. Richard Witzig MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
1415 Tulane Ave New Orleans LA, 70112About
Dr. Richard Witzig is an infectious disease specialist practicing in New Orleans, LA. Dr. Witzig 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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St. George's University School of Medicine 1985
Lincoln Memorial University DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine
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