Joseph Marcus MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
3551 ROGER BROOKE DR JBSA FT SAM HOUSTON TX, 78234About
Dr. Joseph Marcus is an infectious disease specialist practicing in JBSA FT SAM HOUSTON, TX. Dr. Marcus 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.
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