M.D., F.I.D.S.A.
Brief info
Dr. Nilka Figueroa graduated summa cum laude from Universidad del Turabo in Gurabo, Puerto Rico, in 2003 with a Bachelor of General Sciences. She earned her Doctor of Medicine degree from the Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara School of Medicine in 2007.
She completed her Internal Medicine residency through the Ponce School of Medicine Consortium, where she also served as Chief Resident of the Internal Medicine program. She subsequently completed her fellowship in Infectious Diseases at NYC Health + Hospitals/Columbia University at Harlem Hospital Center in New York, where she served as Chief Infectious Disease Fellow and graduated in 2017.
Following fellowship, Dr. Figueroa served as an attending physician at St. Joseph’s University Medical Center through 2019. From 2019 through 2026, she served as Chief of Infectious Disease at South Brooklyn Health in New York and Chair of the Infection Prevention and Control Committee.
Throughout her career, Dr. Figueroa has remained actively involved in medical education. She served as an Associate Professor of Internal Medicine at Hospital Damas in Ponce, Puerto Rico, through 2015. Since 2019, she has served as an Assistant Professor of Medicine at St. George’s University School of Medicine in Grenada, West Indies.
Dr. Figueroa is board certified in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases by the American Board of Internal Medicine and is a Fellow of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (FIDSA). Her clinical and academic interests include antimicrobial stewardship, infection prevention and control, hospital-acquired infections, HIV/AIDS, and antimicrobial resistance.
In 2026, Dr. Figueroa joined Infectious Disease Associates of Tampa Bay. She is fluent in English and Spanish.