Dr. Ume Lubna Abbas MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
3601 5th Ave Falk Clinic Suite 70 Pittsburgh PA, 15213About
Dr. Ume Abbas is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Pittsburgh, PA. Dr. Abbas 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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Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Is medical informatics a mature science? A review of measurement practice in
- Uptake of biomedical interventions for prevention of sexually transmitted HIV.
- Cost-effectiveness of Injectable Preexposure Prophylaxis for HIV Prevention in South Africa.
- Deciphering the Effects of Injectable Pre-exposure Prophylaxis for Combination Human Immunodeficiency Virus Prevention.
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