Joan C Waller
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
2100 Keystone Ave Suite 406 Drexel Hill PA, 19026About
Dr. Joan Waller is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Drexel Hill, PA. Dr. Waller 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
Med Coll of Pa, Philadelphia Pa 1973
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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