Dr. Benjamin Luft M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
205 N Belle Mead Ave East Setauket NY, 11733About
Dr. Benjamin Luft is an infectious disease specialist practicing in East Setauket, NY. Dr. Luft 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.
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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Fellowships
- Stanford University School of Medicine,Stanford, Ca, United States
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