
Dr. Claudia R. Libertin MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
1900 Tebeau St Waycross GA, 31501About
Dr. Claudia Libertin is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Waycross, GA. Dr. Libertin 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
Med Coll of Ohio, Toledo Oh 1978
University of Toledo College of Medicine,Toledo, Oh, United States 1978
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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