Dr. Lawrence J Nastro MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
1 Diamond Hill Rd Berkeley Heights NJ, 07922About
Dr. Lawrence Nastro is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Berkeley Heights, NJ. Dr. Nastro 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
Suny-Hlth Sci Ctr At Brooklyn, Coll of Med, Brooklyn Ny 1965
State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine 1965
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
- Pain
- Vascular Disease
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