Dr. Howard Leaf M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
423 E 23rd St Va New York Harbor H New York NY, 10010About
Dr. Howard Leaf is an infectious disease specialist practicing in New York, NY. Dr. Leaf 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
Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medicine Research, Pondicherry University 1983
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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