Thursday, January 10, 2013

Dr. Anedi Gisela Eme-Akwari earns board certification from the American Board of Hospice and Palliative Care

Media release: Harbin Clinic Internal Medicine Physician, Anedi Gisela Eme-Akwari, MD, has achieved board certification from the American Board of Hospice and Palliative Care. According to the American Board of Internal Medicine, this certification recognizes excellence among certified internal medicine physicians who emphasize the care of seriously ill and dying patients with life-limiting illnesses in their practice.  The field of hospice and palliative medicine is based on expanding scientific knowledge about symptom control when a cure is not possible and appropriate care during the last months of life.

Dr. Eme-Akwari received her Medical Doctorate from the University of Nigeria College Of Medicine.  She completed her residency in Internal Medicine Primary Care at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina.  Dr. Eme-Akwari is a member of the American College of Physicians, the American College of Physician Executives, the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine and the American Medical Association.  She is also board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine.

Board certification is voluntary and includes an exam that tests a physician's ability to diagnose and treat patients with a wide range of conditions.  It also demonstrates the physician has met the highest standards of internal medicine and its subspecialties.

Dr. Eme-Akwari's office is located on the second floor of Harbin Clinic's Cartersville Medical Center at 150 Gentilly Boulevard, Cartersville, GA 30120.  Her office can be reached at 770-387-9831.

Harbin Clinic is Georgia's largest physician-owned multi-specialty clinic with more than 220 providers in 17 locations throughout Northwest Georgia providing care in more than 30 specialties.

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