Dr. Karen Fagin M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
2000 Pepperell Pkwy Building 190 Opelika AL, 36801About
Dr. Karen Fagin is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Opelika, AL. Dr. Fagin 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 New Mexico / Main Campus 1991
University of New Mexico School of Medicine 1991
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