Dr. Shehzad S Merchant M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
100 High St Buffalo NY, 14203About
Dr. Shehzad Merchant is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Buffalo, NY. Dr. Merchant 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
Aga Khan University Medical College 1999
Foreign
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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