Dr. Dana Brock M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
38 Orchard Ct Hamden CT, 06517About
Dr. Dana Brock is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Hamden, CT. Dr. Brock 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
In Univ Sch of Med, Indianapolis In 1994
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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