Dr. Barbara Edwards MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
Div. Of Infectious Diseases 270-05 76th Avenue New Hyde Park NY, 11040About
Dr. Barbara Edwards is an infectious disease specialist practicing in New Hyde Park, NY. Dr. Edwards 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
New York Med Coll- Valhalla Ny 1983
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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