Dr. James Phillip Luby MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
5323 HARRY HINES BLVD DALLAS TX, 75390About
Dr. James Luby is an infectious disease specialist practicing in DALLAS, TX. Dr. Luby 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
Northwestern Uniiversity 1961
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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