Dr. Emma Castillo MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
2704 N Main St Suite A Tarboro NC, 27886Rating
4/5
About
Dr. Emma Castillo is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Tarboro, NC. Dr. Castillo 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
University of Santo Tomas Faculty of Medicine and Surgery 1993
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Gastroenterology
Provider Details
Treatments
- Diabetes
- High Cholesterol
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Osteomyelitis
- Vascular Disease
Fellowships
- Mayo Clinic- Rochester
- (Gastroenterology), MAYO SCHOOL OF GRADUATE EDUCATION, ROCHESTER, MN 2001
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