Dr. Asimah S. Qayyum, MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
260 Cochituate Rd Metrowest Physician Framingham MA, 01701Rating
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Dr. Asimah Qayyum is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Framingham, MA. Dr. Qayyum 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
Dow Med College University Of Karachi Pakistan 1982
Washington University of Health and Sciences 1982
Provider Details
Treatments
- Diabetes
- High Cholesterol
- Obesity
- Sciatica
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Hypothyroidism
- Vaginitis
- Pain
- Tonsillitis
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