Dr. Oladele O. Ajao MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
2100 Madison Ave Granite City IL, 62040About
Dr. Oladele Ajao is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Granite City, IL. Dr. Ajao 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
St. George's University School of Medicine 1992
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Data provided by the National Library of MedicineTreatments
- Diabetes
- High Cholesterol
- Back Pain
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Hives
- Pain
- Vascular Disease
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- Dr. Benedict Painter MD2044 Madison Ave Granite City IL 62040