Muhamad Kamil Obideen, MD, has recently relocated to the North Fulton area, joining the medical staff at North Fulton Regional Hospital. Dr. Obideen is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology, and Transplant Hepatology. After completing medical school at the University of Aleppo School of Medicine in Syria, Dr. Obideen moved to the United States where he completed both his internship and residency at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta and followed with a fellowship in Digestive and Hepatobiliary diseases, also at Emory University.
In 2005, he was appointed Assistant Professor of Medicine at Emory and as Director of the Hepatology Clinic at the Atlanta Veterans Administration (VA) Medical Center. He was appointed GI Fellowship Associate Director at Emory in 2008 and was named 'Attending of the Year' in the medical school's Division of Digestive Diseases.
In his role as an Assistant Professor and GI Fellowship Associate Director at Emory University School of Medicine, Dr. Obideen has lectured frequently on a variety of gastrointestinal issues to medical students, residents, and fellows and has spoken at several GI conferences and meetings. His clinical and academic activities focused on pancreatobiliary, liver, and colon diseases as well as advanced therapeutic endoscopy.
Dr. Obideen has actively participated in a number of clinical research projects and has authored and co-authored numerous articles, which have appeared in several publications including Practical Gastroenterology, Digestive Diseases and Sciences, Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology Journal, and The Journal of Virology.
In addition to his medical board certifications, Dr. Obideen holds a National Board of Nutrition Support Certification (NBNSC). He is a member of the American College of Gastroenterology, the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and the American Society of Nutrition Support
For more information about Dr. Obideen and other members of North Fulton Regional Hospital’s medical staff, please call 770-751-2600 or visit www.northfultonregional.com and select the “Find a Physician” tab.
North Fulton Regional Hospital (NFRH), part of Tenet Georgia, is a 202-bed, acute-care hospital located on Highway 9, Alpharetta Highway, in Roswell. Opened in 1983, NFRH serves North Fulton and surrounding counties through its team of over 1000 employees, 400 staff physicians and 200 volunteers. NFRH is a state-designated Level II trauma center and provides a continuum of services through its centers and programs, including neurosciences, orthopedics, rehabilitation, surgical services, bariatric surgical weight loss, gastroenterology and oncology. The hospital is fully accredited and also is certified as a Primary Stroke Center by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, the nation’s oldest and largest hospital accreditation agency.
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