Dr. Benjamin Daniel Lorenz M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
1251 S Cedar Crest Blvd Suite 307 Allentown PA, 18103About
Dr. Benjamin Lorenz is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Allentown, PA. Dr. Lorenz 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
Eastern Virginia Medical School 2003
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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Data provided by the National Library of MedicineTreatments
- Hepatitis
- Hepatitis C
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