Dr. Antonio M. Ortega M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
1400 N El Paso St Building D El Paso TX, 79902About
Dr. Antonio Ortega is an infectious disease specialist practicing in El Paso, TX. Dr. Ortega 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
De La Salle Univ - Dasmarinas, Phillippines 1986
De La Salle Health Sciences Institute College of Medicine 1986
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