Dr. Dr. Yama Osmanzai, Internist
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Dr. Dr. Yama Osmanzai

Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease

4/5(8)
427 Guy Park Ave Amsterdam NY, 12010
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Dr. Yama Osmanzai is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Amsterdam, NY. Dr. Osmanzai 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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Practice At 427 Guy Park Ave

427 Guy Park Ave -
Amsterdam, NY 12010
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New patients: 845-334-2700, 518-840-1900
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1110 London Street Suite 102 -
Myrtle Beach, SC 29577
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1110 LONDON ST STE 102 -
MYRTLE BEACH, SC 29577
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Dr. Dr. Yama Osmanzai has a rating of 4 out of 5 stars based on the reviews from 8 patients. FindaTopDoc has aggregated the experiences from real patients to help give you more insights and information on how to choose the best Infectious Disease Specialist in your area. These reviews do not reflect a providers level of clinical care, but are a compilation of quality indicators such as bedside manner, wait time, staff friendliness, ease of appointment, and knowledge of conditions and treatments.

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Get to know Infectious Disease Specialist Dr.  Yama Osmanzai, who serves patients in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

Dr. Osmanzai is a fellowship-trained infectious disease specialist who specializes in HIV / AIDS; hepatitis A, B & C, long-term antibiotic therapy, osteomyelitis and chronic infections, immunodeficiency disorders, and travel medicine. He is the President of Coastal Carolina Infectious Disease in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

“Our mission is to help the members of our community one person at a time. We strive to provide outstanding patient care on a personal yet professional manner” as stated on their website. 

Prior to his current endeavours, Dr. Osmanzai served as a hospitalist at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, Massachusetts (April 2012 – June 2013), where he provided care to hospitalized patients and took part in the residency training program. He also served as the Medical Director of the Hospital Medicine Program at St. Mary’s Hospital in Amsterdam, New York (April 2009 – June 2011), where he led six physicians that provided care for hospitalized patients.

The doctor’s acclaimed career in medicine began after he earned his medical degree from Ross University School of Medicine in 2001. He then went on to serve his residency in internal medicine at Albany Medical Center, followed by his fellowship in infectious disease at Louisiana State University. 

Devoted to his profession, Dr. Meraj is board-certified in internal medicine and infectious disease by the American Board of Internal Medicine, a physician-led, non-profit, independent evaluation organization driven by doctors who want to achieve higher standards for better care in a rapidly changing world. 

Infectious disease is a medical specialty dealing with prevention, the diagnosis, and treatment of infections. An infectious disease specialist’s practice also consists of managing nosocomial (hospital-acquired) infections.

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