Dr. Richard B Porwancher MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
1245 Whitehorse Mercerville Rd Suite 411 Trenton NJ, 08619About
Dr. Richard Porwancher is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Trenton, NJ. Dr. Porwancher 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
Northwestern University The Feinberg School of Medicine 1977
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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