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Justin Yax, DO

Justin Yax, DO

  • Specialty: Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine
  • Languages Spoken: English

Biography: Justin Yax, DO

Titles

  • Director, International Emergency Medicine, UH Cleveland Medical Center
  • Director, HIV/Syphilis Testing and Care Collaborative, UH Cleveland Medical Center
  • Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, CWRU School of Medicine
  • Assistant Professor of Medicine, CWRU School of Medicine

Certifications & Memberships

  • Emergency Medicine - American Board of Emergency Medicine
  • Internal Medicine - American Board of Internal Medicine

Education

Residency | Emergency Medicine
Emergency Medicine - Uh Case Medical Center (2009 - 2012)

Fellowship | Infectious Diseases
Infectious Diseases - University Of Michigan Hospitals And Health Centers (2005 - 2007)

Residency | Internal Medicine
Internal Medicine - St Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor (2002 - 2004)

Internship | Rotator
Rotator - St John Detroit Riverview Center (2000 - 2001)

Medical Education
Kirksville College Of Osteopathic Medicine (2000)

Undergraduate
University Of Michigan (1996)

About

Justin Yax, DO, DTMH is ABIM certified in Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases and Emergency Medicine. He holds a Diploma of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene from the Royal College of Physicians, London. He has worked in the field of global health since 1999 and participated in Emergency Response and development projects in Ecuador, Sri Lanka, Honduras, Haiti, and in Kenya. His areas of research have included enteric parasites growth effects on children and malaria resistance polymorphisms.