Dr. Peter J Skidmore MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center Building 300, Depart Augusta GA, 30905About
Dr. Peter Skidmore is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Augusta, GA. Dr. Skidmore 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
St Louis Univ Sch of Med, St Louis Mo 1994
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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