Dr. Jeffrey Emmitt Harris M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
11747 Jefferson Ave Suite 4c Newport News VA, 23606About
Dr. Jeffrey Harris is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Newport News, VA. Dr. Harris 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 Ga Sch of Med, Augusta Ga 1981
Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Regents University 1981
Board Certification
Emergency MedicineAmerican Board of Emergency MedicineABEM
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