Dr. Brian Wispelwey M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
Uva Primary Care Ctr Lee Street, 4th Floo Charlottesville VA, 22908About
Dr. Brian Wispelwey is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Charlottesville, VA. Dr. Wispelwey 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
Umdnj-New Jersey Med Sch- Newark Nj 1982
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- 1985
Provider Details
Awards
- 1998 Best Doctors in America, Peers
- Univ of VirginiaPresident 2000 Harrison Teaching Award
- AAMC/PFIZER 2001 AAMC Humanism in Medicine Award
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