Dr. Hamid Safavi MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
1400 S Lake Park Avenue Suite 305 Hobart IN, 46342About
Dr. Hamid Safavi is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Hobart, IN. Dr. Safavi 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
Teheran Univ, Fac of Med, Teheran, Iran 1986
Tehran University of Medical Sciences School of Medicine 1986
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Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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