Dr. Merceditas S Villanueva MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
20 York St New Haven CT, 06510About
Dr. Merceditas Villanueva is an infectious disease specialist practicing in New Haven, CT. Dr. Villanueva 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
Washington Univ Sch Of Med- St Louis Mo 1985
Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine 1985
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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