Dr. Janet S Kuhns MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
1375 E 20th Ave Denver CO, 80205About
Dr. Janet Kuhns is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Denver, CO. Dr. Kuhns 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
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine 1982
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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