AzberAzherAnsarMD

Internal Medicine • Minneapolis, MN

Preventive Medicine

Physician

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Office
Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center, One Veterans Drive
Clinic 4D
Minneapolis, MN 55417
Phone+1 612-725-2000

Summary

I am currently serving the United States Department of Veterans Affairs in the capacity of Medical Director of the Post Deployment Clinic (PDC). I serve United States veterans from the US Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard and Space Force.

My focus is to provide Post Deployment Health Services which includes intertwining of Primary Care, Military Medicine, Tropical Medicine, Infectious Diseases and Environmental Health.

The PDC in collaboration with the Post Deployment Health Services (PDHS), Compensation and Pension Department (C&P) and the War Related Illness Injury and Study Center (WRIISC), East Orange, New Jersey coordinates the completion of 6 registry exams. They are listed below:

1. Air Borne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry (AHOBPR)
2. Depleted Uranium Follow up Program (DU)
3. Toxic Embedded Fragments Surveillance Center (TEFSC)
4. Agent Orange Registry (AOR)
5. Gulf War Registry (GWR)
6. Ionizing Radiation Registry (IRR)

In addition sub-registries completed via history taking and evaluation are:

1. Operation Tomadachi Registry
2. Qarmat Ali Water Treatment Facility Registry (Hexavalent Chromium)
3. Blue Water and Brown Water Navy
4. Veterans exposed to Chemical Warfare Agents (CWA) and Weaponized Toxic Industrial Chemicals (wTICs)
5. Camp Lejeune, North Carolina Exposures (Trichloroethylene-TCE, Perchloroethylene-PCE, Vinyl Chloride and Benzene)
6. Fort McClellan Army Installation, Alabama Exposures (Cesium-137 and Cobalt-60)
7. Per-and Polyfluroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Exposures
8. Karshi Khanabad (K-2) Air Base/Camp Stronghold Freedom, Uzbekistan Exposures

Education & Training

Southern Illinois UniversityFellowship, Infectious Disease, 2001 - 2001
Loyola University Medical Center/Trinity-Mercy ChicagoResidency, Internal Medicine, 1998 - 2001
Hennepin County Medical CenterExternship in Endocrinology, Medicine, 1997 - 1997
Institute of Public Health And HygieneDiploma, Sexual Medicine and Counseling, 1994 - 1995
Al-Ameen Medical College Hospital & Government of the State of Karnataka District HospitalRotating internship, 1993 - 1994
Al-Ameen Medical CollegeClass of 1994
University of KarnatakaMBBS, 1987 - 1993

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 2003 - Present
IA State Medical License 2021 - Present
AZ State Medical License 2021 - 2026
MI State Medical License 2000 - 2026
WI State Medical License 2000 - 2025
SD State Medical License 2020 - 2025
OH State Medical License 2000 - 2025
NV State Medical License 2002 - 2025
ND State Medical License 2004 - 2025
IN State Medical License 2000 - 2025
MN State Medical License 2002 - 2024
MO State Medical License 2001 - 2016
NM State Medical License 2005 - 2011
UT State Medical License 2005 - 2008
IL State Medical License 1998 - 2008
MP State Medical License 2005 - 2007
WA State Medical License 2004 - 2007
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
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Awards, Honors, & Recognition

20 Years Service Award United States Government, 2023
15 Years Service Award United States Government, 2018
10 Years Service Award United States Government, 2013
AMA’s Physician’s Recognition Award with Commendation 2008-2011
AMVETS Post-commander’s Distinguished Service Certificate 2003
American Medical Association Physician’s recognition award 1997-2007
Community Welfare Award All India Medicos Society 1995
Indian Health Mission Award for Work on HIV and AIDS 1994
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Publications & Presentations

Lectures

ICRA Update.
13th International AIDS Conference, Rush-Presbyterian-St Luke’s Medical Center, Chicago, IL
Innovations in the Management of Hepatitis C, Advisory Board Meeting For Physicians Who Treat Infectious Diseases.
Chicago, IL
American College of Physicians- Midwest Internal Medicine Review.
Schaumburg, IL
Renovascular Hypertension and Nephrology.
Chicago Medical Society, Chicago, IL
Poisonous Mushrooms, Minnesota Poison Control System.
Hennepin County Medical Center, MN
Diabetes and Lipid Management Update.
Michael Reese Hospital, Chicago, IL
Asthma and Allergy Management Update.
Michael Reese Hospital, Chicago, IL
Malaria Chemoprophylaxis.
The University Of Texas HSC At San Antonio, TX
Clinical Decision Making in Cardiovascular Diseases.
University of Chicago, IL
New Insights Into The Treatment Of Chronic Hepatitis.
Advisory Board Meeting For Physicians Who Treat Infectious Diseases, Chicago, IL
Controversies in Infectious Diseases.
Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Allergy, Asthma and comorbid Conditions.
American College of Allergy, Asthma&Immunology
Clinical Decision Making in Cardiovascular Disease.
The University Of Chicago, IL
Reducing Adverse Drug Events and Medication Errors.
University of Minnesota, Bloomington
Anticoagulation Clinics : Managing the Risks.
University Of Minnesota, St.Paul, MN
Advances in Gastrointestinal &GI Laparoscopic Surgery.
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Current Concepts in Radiation Therapy.
University Of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Current Concepts in Opthalmology.
University Of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Geriatric Drug Therapy Symposium.
University Of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Prevention and Management Of Atherosclerotic Diseases.
University Of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1997
Alzheimer’s Disease and Depression in the Elderly.
University of Minnesota, Chanhassen, MN
A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Evaluation and Management of Peripheral Vascular and Cerebrovascular Diseases.
University Of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Allergy & Clinical Immunology.
University Of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Internal Medicine Review.
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Managing Viral Infections Today.
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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