Dr. Samir Desai MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
5701 State Ave Suite 100 Kansas City KS, 66102About
Dr. Samir Desai is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Kansas City, KS. Dr. Desai 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
Gov't Med Coll Gujarat Univ MD
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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