Dr. Glenn David Gafford MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
1100 Tunnel Rd Asheville NC, 28805About
Dr. Glenn Gafford is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Asheville, NC. Dr. Gafford 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 Tn, Memphis, Coll of Med, Memphis Tn 1978
Georgetown University in Washington DC 1980
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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