Dr. Neil Gaffin M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
947 Linwood Ave Suite 2e Ridgewood NJ, 07450About
Dr. Neil Gaffin is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Ridgewood, NJ. Dr. Gaffin 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.
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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- Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
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