Dr. Janine Ruth Danko MD, MPH
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
National Naval Medical Center-Dept Of Infect. Dis. 8901 Wisconsin Ave Bethesda MD, 20889About
Dr. Janine Danko is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Bethesda, MD. Dr. Danko 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
Johns Hopkins Univ Sch of Med, Baltimore Md 2001
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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