Dr. Emmanuel Akinyemi MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
1901 Bell St Suite A Harlingen TX, 78550About
Dr. Emmanuel Akinyemi is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Harlingen, TX. Dr. Akinyemi 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
University of Port Harcourt College of Health Sciences 1996
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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