Dr. Christopher Earl Spooner M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
1123 Pacific Ave Tacoma WA, 98402Rating
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Dr. Christopher Spooner is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Tacoma, WA. Dr. Spooner 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
Ross Univ- Sch Of Med & Vet Med- Roseau- Dominica 1986
Ross University / School of Medicine & Veterinary Medicine 1986
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