Dr. William Howard Downham M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
7311 W 132nd St Suite 200 Overland Park KS, 66213About
Dr. William Downham is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Overland Park, KS. Dr. Downham 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
University Of Oklahoma College Of Medicine 1972
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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