Dr. Brian Wong MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
3181 Sw Sam Jackson Park Rd Nrc-3 Portland OR, 97239About
Dr. Brian Wong is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Portland, OR. Dr. Wong 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
State University of New York Downstate College of Medicine MD
State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine 1974
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
Provider Details
Treatments
- Infections
Fellowships
- Infectious Diseases, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 1978
- Memorial Sloan-Kettering, New York, NY United States 1978
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