Dr. Michael Oppenheim MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
North Shore University Hospital 300 Community Drive Manhasset NY, 11030Rating
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Dr. Michael Oppenheim is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Manhasset, NY. Dr. Oppenheim 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
New York Univ Sch of Med, New York Ny 1972
Yale School of Medicine 1993
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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Fellowships
- Montefiore Medical Center - Moses Division
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NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALl
300 COMMUNITY DRIVE MANHASSET NY 11030ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL, ROSLYNl
100 PORT WASHINGTON BOULEVARD ROSLYN NY 11576LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTERl
270 - 05 76TH AVENUE NEW HYDE PARK NY 11040