Dr. Luis F Barroso MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
505 Parnassus Ave # M-1202 San Francisco CA, 94143About
Dr. Luis Barroso is an infectious disease specialist practicing in San Francisco, CA. Dr. Barroso 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 South Florida (Usf)
University of Central Florida College of Medicine 2002
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease- 2008
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- 2005
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Professional Memberships
- Member Am Medical Assn
Fellowships
- University of Virginia 2007
- University of Virginia, Infectious Diseases, VA, USA 2008
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