Dr. Saira Khalid Shahab MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
230 Hilton Ave Suite # 18 Hempstead NY, 11550About
Dr. Saira Shahab is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Hempstead, NY. Dr. Shahab 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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