Dr. Yoko Miyasaki M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
18370 BURBANK BLVD TARZANA CA, 91356About
Dr. Yoko Miyasaki is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Los Angeles, CA. Dr. Miyasaki 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
Tufts University School of Medicine 2003
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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