Dr. Brian Allen Shaner MD
Family Practitioner
1901 Hillandale Rd Suite B Durham NC, 27705About
My motivation to become a doctor started with the desire to help others -- what in the military is called service before self. I saw examples of service in my family, with my father who was a dentist ...
Education and Training
Uniformed Services University of The Health Sciences,Bethesda, Md, United States 2000
Uniformed Services University of The Health Sciences,Bethesda, Md, United States
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine 2000
Board Certification
Family MedicineAmerican Board of Family MedicineABFM- 2003
Provider Details
Treatments
- Diabetes
- Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (bph)
- High Cholesterol
- Obesity
- Enlarged Prostate
- Acid Reflux
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Pain
- Vascular Disease
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