Dr. Karlene Reid MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
2121 Pease Street Suite 1g Harlingen TX, 78550About
Dr. Karlene Reid is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Harlingen, TX. Dr. Reid 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
Univ Of West Indies- Fac Med Sci- Kingston- Jamaica 1991
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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