Dr. John P Ouderkirk MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
735 Piedmont Ave Ne Atlanta GA, 30308About
Dr. John Ouderkirk is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Atlanta, GA. Dr. Ouderkirk 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
Georgetown Univ Sch of Med, Washington Dc 1996
Mechanical Engineering 1996
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