Dr. Anson K. Wurapa M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
2665 N Decatur Rd Suite 330 Decatur GA, 30033About
Dr. Anson Wurapa is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Decatur, GA. Dr. Wurapa 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
Suny-Hlth Sci Ctr At Syracuse, Coll of Med, Syracuse Ny 1994
State University of New York Upstate Medical University 1994
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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