Dr. Joseph K. Wong M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
4150 Clement St. Mailcode 111w San Francisco CA, 94121About
Dr. Joseph Wong is an infectious disease specialist practicing in San Francisco, CA. Dr. Wong 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
Northwestern Uniiversity 1982
Northwestern University The Feinberg School of Medicine 1982
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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