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Dr. Tahir Farooq M.D., Infectious Disease Specialist
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Dr. Tahir Farooq M.D.

Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease

5/5(2)
1245 Whitehorse Mercerville Rd Suite 411 Trenton NJ, 08619
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Dr. Tahir Farooq is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Trenton, NJ. Dr. Farooq 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

Rawalpindi Medical College, University of Health Sciences Lahore,Rawalpindi, Pakistan Medical

Universidad de Santiago de Chile Facultad de Ciencias MÈdicas 1995

Board Certification

Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease

Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- 2005

Provider Details

MaleEnglish

Awards

  •  1991 Third position in college in medical first profess, Rawalpindi Medical 
  •  1992 President Gold Medal medical 3rd professional, Rawalpindi Medical Col 

Treatments

  • Aids/hiv, Bronchitis, Hepatitis And More

Professional Memberships

  • Member American college of physicians 
  • Member Infectious disease society of america 
  • Member New Jersey Medical society 

Fellowships

  • Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Infectious disease, NC, USA    2007
  • Pitt County Memorial Hospital - Greenville, NC - Infectious Disease  

Dr. Tahir Farooq M.D.'s Practice location

Practice At 1245 Whitehorse Mercerville Rd Suite 411

1245 Whitehorse Mercerville Rd Suite 411 -
Trenton, NJ 08619
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New patients: 609-581-2000
Fax: 609-581-5450

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Dr. Tahir Farooq M.D. has a rating of 5 out of 5 stars based on the reviews from 2 patients. FindaTopDoc has aggregated the experiences from real patients to help give you more insights and information on how to choose the best Infectious Disease Specialist in your area. These reviews do not reflect a providers level of clinical care, but are a compilation of quality indicators such as bedside manner, wait time, staff friendliness, ease of appointment, and knowledge of conditions and treatments.

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