Dr. Roger Nieman MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
1235 Old York Rd Suite 220 Abington PA, 19001About
Dr. Roger Nieman is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Abington, PA. Dr. Nieman 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
Johns Hopkins Univ Sch of Med, Baltimore Md 1973
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine 1973
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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