
Dr. Efrain Gonzalez M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
1650 SELWYN AVE FL 10 BRONX NY, 10457About
Dr. Efrain Gonzalez is an infectious disease specialist practicing in New York, NY. Dr. Gonzalez 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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Practice At 1111 Amsterdam Ave
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