Dr. Helen Funmilayo Makinde M.D
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
205 South Front Street Brady Hall 6th Floor Harrisburg PA, 17101About
Dr. Helen Makinde is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Harrisburg, PA. Dr. Makinde 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
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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