Dr. Wanda E. Figueroa M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
30 Bergen St Admc 12 1205 Newark NJ, 07107About
Dr. Wanda Figueroa is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Newark, NJ. Dr. Figueroa 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
Umdnj-New Jersey Med Sch- Newark Nj 1994
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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