Dr. Joseph P. Lang MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
4539 Hedgemore Dr Suite 100 Charlotte NC, 28209About
Dr. Joseph Lang is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Charlotte, NC. Dr. Lang 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
Wright State Univ Sch Of Med- Dayton Oh 1988
Wright State University / Main Campus 1988
Wright State University Boonshoft School Of Medicine 1988
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease- 1994
Provider Details
Awards
- 2003 Charlotte Magazine's Top Doctors, Infectious Disease
- Kettering Medical Center Medicine 1996 Albert Brust Award
- Kettering Medical Center 1991 Albert Brust Award
Treatments
- Microbiology
Professional Memberships
- Member NC Infectious Disease Society
- Member American Society for Microbiology
Fellowships
- St Louis University Medical Center, Medical Microbiology, Mi, USA 1994
- St Louis University Medical Center, Infectious Disease, MI, USA 1993
- Saint Louis University 1994
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