Dr. Farah Shams MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
2200 NORTHERN BLVD STE 205 GREENVALE NY, 11548About
Dr. Farah Shams is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Port Washington, NY. Dr. Shams 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.
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Dow Med College University Of Karachi Pakistan MD
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