Dr. Vivek Kak MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
1100 E Michigan Ave Suite 305 Jackson MI, 49201About
Dr. Vivek Kak is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Jackson, MI. Dr. Kak 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
Mgm Med Coll- Devi Ahilya Vishwavidhyalaya- Indore- Mp- India 1994
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Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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