Dr. Tahir Farooq M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
1245 Whitehorse Mercerville Rd Suite 411 Trenton NJ, 08619About
Dr. Tahir Farooq is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Trenton, NJ. Dr. Farooq 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
Rawalpindi Medical College, University of Health Sciences Lahore,Rawalpindi, Pakistan Medical
Universidad de Santiago de Chile Facultad de Ciencias MÈdicas 1995
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- 2005
Provider Details
Awards
- 1991 Third position in college in medical first profess, Rawalpindi Medical
- 1992 President Gold Medal medical 3rd professional, Rawalpindi Medical Col
Treatments
- Aids/hiv, Bronchitis, Hepatitis And More
Professional Memberships
- Member American college of physicians
- Member Infectious disease society of america
- Member New Jersey Medical society
Fellowships
- Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Infectious disease, NC, USA 2007
- Pitt County Memorial Hospital - Greenville, NC - Infectious Disease
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