Dr. Jon F Willen M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
7230 Medical Center Dr #203 West Hills CA, 91307About
Dr. Jon Willen is an infectious disease specialist practicing in West Hills, CA. Dr. Willen 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
Wake Forest School of Medicine of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center 1973
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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