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Office
1740 W Taylor St
Chicago, IL 60612Phone+1 866-600-2273Fax+1 312-413-1343
Education & Training
- University of Illinois College of Medicine at ChicagoFellowship, Infectious Disease, 1982 - 1984
- Advocate Health Care/Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 1979 - 1982
- University of Illinois College of MedicineClass of 1979
Certifications & Licensure
- IL State Medical License 1981 - 2026
- FL State Medical License 2013 - 2020
- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Infectious Disease
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com
- Top MD Consumers Checkbook
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 912 citationsA Comparison of Vancomycin and Metronidazole for the Treatment of Clostridium difficile–Associated Diarrhea, Stratified by Disease SeverityFred A. Zar, Srinivasa R. Bakkanagari, K. M L S T Moorthi, Melinda B. Davis
Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2007-08-01 - 9 citationsDiagnosis and Management of Lemmel Syndrome: An Unusual Presentation and Literature Review.James Stephen Love, Meredith Yellen, Constantine Melitas, Cemal Yazici, Fred Zar
Case Reports in Gastroenterology. 2022-12-16 - 1 citationsAdding trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole to cephalexin did not increase clinical cure in uncomplicated cellulitisFred Arthur Zar
Annals of Internal Medicine. 2017-10-17
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