Dr. Nahum Vishniavsky M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
230 Worcester St Wellesley Hills MA, 02481About
Dr. Nahum Vishniavsky is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Wellesley Hills, MA. Dr. Vishniavsky 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
Va Commonwealth Univ, Med Coll of Va Sch of Med, Richmond Va 1976
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Fellowships
- Medical College of Virginia Hospitals in Infectious Disease, Richmond, VA 1981
- Medical College Of Virginia, Fellow:Infectious Diseases 1979
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