Dr. Robert P Smith MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
84 Marginal Way Suite 800 Portland ME, 04101Rating
4/5
About
Dr. Robert Smith is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Portland, ME. Dr. Smith 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
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine 1975
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
Provider Details
Treatments
- Fever
- Fungal Infection
- Hives
- Endocarditis
- Lyme Disease
- Cellulitis
- Meningitis
- Osteomyelitis
Dr. Robert P Smith MD's Practice location
Practice At 84 Marginal Way Suite 800
84 Marginal Way Suite 800 -Portland, ME 04101Get Direction
SOUTH PORTLAND, ME 04106Get Direction
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