Dr. Barbra Mcdonagh Blair M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
110 FRANCIS ST BOSTON MA, 02215About
Dr. Barbra Blair is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Cambridge, MA. Dr. Blair 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
Univ of Chicago, Pritzker Sch of Med, Chicago Il 1999
U Of Chgo Div Of Bio Sci Pritzker Sch Of Med 1999
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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