Dr. Aimee Zaas M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
2100 Erwin Rd Durham NC, 27710About
Dr. Aimee Zaas is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Durham, NC. Dr. Zaas 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
Northwestern Uniiversity 1998
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- 2005
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Fellowships
- Duke University Hospital, Infectious Diseases, NC, USA 2004
- Infectious Diseases, Duke University Medical Center 2001
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