Dr. Patrick George Haggerty MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
825 FAIRFAX AVE NORFOLK VA, 23507About
Dr. Patrick Haggerty is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Newport News, VA. Dr. Haggerty 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
Eastern Virginia Medical School 1980
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Community-based plan for treating human immunodeficiency virus-infected individuals sponsored by local medical societies and an acquired immunodeficiency syndrome service organization.
- Tardive dyskinesia due to Rocky Mountain spotted fever: case report.
- Peritonsillar abscess: an unlikely cause of necrotizing fasciitis.
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