Dr. Richard B Brown MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
3300 Main St 3rd Floor Suite C&d Springfield MA, 01199About
Dr. Richard Brown is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Springfield, MA. Dr. Brown 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
Mechanical Engineering 1969
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Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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