Dr. Michael Francis Simms MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
56 Franklin St Waterbury CT, 06706About
Dr. Michael Simms is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Waterbury, CT. Dr. Simms 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
New York Med Coll- Valhalla Ny 1979
New York Medical College 1979
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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