Mr. Gerald Edgar Poley MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
6610 Rockledge Drive Bethesda MD, 20892About
Dr. Gerald Poley is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Bethesda, MD. Dr. Poley 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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PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP
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