Farah N Hashemi
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
25 N Winfield Rd Ptc Winfield IL, 60190About
Dr. Farah Hashemi is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Winfield, IL. Dr. Hashemi 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
Northwestern Uniiversity 1991
Northwestern University The Feinberg School of Medicine 1991
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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