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About Murat Akdamar, MD
Digestive Health Specialists welcomes Dr. Murat Akdamar to our outstanding lineup of providers. He has a wide variety of GI interests and skills with previous experience in both hospital and office settings. Our growing practice is excited about the addition of Dr. Akdamar to Digestive Health Specialists.
He received his medical degree from the Tulane University of Medicine in New Orleans, Louisiana where he was born and raised. He completed both his Residency and Fellowship in Gastroenterology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and has been practicing in Birmingham since 2006. He enjoys all general Gastroenterology, with an emphasis on the prevention of liver and pancreaticobiliary disorders.
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EDUCATION
Doctor of Medicine 2000
Tulane School of Medicine
New Orleans, LA
Masters in Public Health 2000
Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
New Orleans, LA
Bachelor of Sciences in
Biology, Magna Cum Laude
Millsaps College
Jackson, MS
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING
Gastroenterology and Hepatology Fellowship 2003-2006
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Internal Medicine Residency 2000-2003
University of Alabama at Birmingham
BOARD CERTIFICATIONS
American Board of Gastroenterology 2006
American Board of Internal Medicine 2003
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American College of Gastroenterology
American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
National Provider Identifier (NPI) 1386678225
IN PRACTICE SINCE 2006
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