Dr. Paul David Baum MD, PHD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
1001 Potrero Ave Ward 86 San Francisco CA, 94110About
Dr. Paul Baum is an infectious disease specialist practicing in San Francisco, CA. Dr. Baum 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
Harvard Medical School 1994
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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