Dr. Ricardo Martin La hoz M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
619 19th St S Birmingham AL, 35249About
Dr. Ricardo La hoz is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Birmingham, AL. Dr. La hoz 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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