Dr. Alan Clifford Howell M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
2401 S 31ST ST TEMPLE TX, 76508About
Dr. Alan Howell is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Lubbock, TX. Dr. Howell 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
University of Texas At Houston / Medical School At Houston 2000
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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