Mr. Alan Salkind M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
2301 Holmes St Kansas City MO, 64108About
Dr. Alan Salkind is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Kansas City, MO. Dr. Salkind 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
E Tn State Univ J H Quillen Coll Of Med- Johnson City Tn 1985
East Tennessee State University James H. Quillen College of Medicine 1985
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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