Dr. Robert Brennan MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
2215 Landover Pl Lynchburg VA, 24501About
Dr. Robert Brennan is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Lynchburg, VA. Dr. Brennan 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 Va Sch of Med, Charlottesville Va 1978
University of Virginia School of Medicine 1978
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
Provider Details
Treatments
- Crohn's Disease
- Hepatitis
- Fever
- Cirrhosis
- Hives
- Endocarditis
- Hepatitis C
- Cellulitis
- Osteomyelitis
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