Abdul Odemuyiwa, MD
About
Specialty
Internal Medicine
Bio
Dr. Odemuyiwa received his premedical education at Kings College Lagos as well as Federal Government College Port-Harcourt and graduated from Medical School of the University of Lagos Nigeria in 1985. Dr. Odemuyiwa obtained post graduate training and qualification in Pathology in Nigeria and proceeded to the United Kingdom to obtain a Masters in Toxicology from the University of Surrey. He moved to the United States in 1996 and completed an Internal Medicine residency from Wayne State University in the year 2000. In 2002, Dr. Odemuyiwa moved to Atlanta and established Advanced Internal Medicine which consists of 5 providers in three locations. Dr. Odemuyiwa also founded M.D. weight loss a physician assisted weight loss service.
Dr. Odemuyiwa has been the Chairman of the department of Medicine at the then Henry Medical Center and also chaired the Quality assurance committee in the same hospital. He has also been a member of the credentials committee and served the hospital in other various capacities. For 5 years he also served as the chairman of the Medical Executive committee at Southern Regional Medical Center for specialty care, a long-term acute care Hospital on the 6th floor of Southern Regional Medical Center, and was also elected to serve on the board of the same hospital for a period of 4 years.
Dr. Odemuyiwa is passionate about physician communication with patients and also educating the public on ways to navigate the health care delivery system in the United States. This passion drove him to write and publish a medical self-help book “Sentenced to Hospital" available on amazon.com.
Dr. Odemuyiwa is the Medical director of a home health company as well as a National hospice company. He pioneered physician rounding on hospice contract beds at Southern Regional Medical Center. Along with Internal Medicine, Dr. Odemuyiwa is also board certified in Hospice and Palliative care, wound care as well as hyperbaric oxygen treatment and he has carried out numerous peer reviews for insurance companies as an independent medical examiner. He is also involved in medical missions to the underserved in Nigeria. Dr. Odemuyiwa has strong interpersonal communication skills and has been known to be a bridge between physicians and patients.
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Note: Insurance plans accepted vary by location and are subject to change. You can always confirm whether a provider is in network by calling us at (888) 828-2242 Learn more on our insurance page.