Dr. Luz A Lugo MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
1000 10TH AVE NEW YORK NY, 10019About
Dr. Luz Lugo is an infectious disease specialist practicing in New York, NY. Dr. Lugo 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.
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- 1999
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease- 2012
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Fellowships
- Infectious Diseases, Cabrini Medical Center [CLOSED]
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