- Dr. Tariq Akbar, MD
-85.24744
41.03952
Dr. Tariq Akbar, MD
Gastroenterology
- Indiana, Fort Wayne
Overview
Dr. Tariq Akbar, MD works in Fort Wayne, Indiana is a specialist in Gastroenterology and graduated Dow Medical College, Dow University Of Health Sciences in 1989. Dr. Akbar is affiliated with Lutheran Hospital of Indiana and practicing for 34 years
Specialties
- Gastroenterology
Conditions
• Acupuncture Meridian Therapy• Aneurysmal Bone Cyst
• Blindness
• Chronic Pain Management
• Cirrhosis
• da Vinci® Prostate Removal
• da Vinci® Prostate Surgery
• Diabetic Retinopathy
• Duodenitis
• Dystonia 7, Torsion
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• Endophthalmitis
• Esophageal Achalasia and Cardiospasm
• Ethmoidectomy (Sinus Surgery)
• Exercise Management
• Female Pelvic Disorders
• Glaucoma - Ectopia Microspherophakia - Stiff Joints - Short Stature
• Guar Gum Allergy
• Herpes Simplex Virus Antenatal Infection
• Inflammatory Bowel Disease
• Islet Cell Adenoma
• Laparoscopic Salpingectomy
• Lens Disorders
• Lower Back Injuries
• Marijuana Amotivational Syndrome
• Maxillary and Malar Fractures
• Minimally Invasive Resection of Mediastinal Tumor
• Neuropathic Diseases and Disorders
• Optic Ataxia
• Orbital Fracture
• Panic Disorder With Agorapobia
• Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
• Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis
• Pterygium
• Radical Retropubic Prostate Removal
• Radiesse® Injections
• Renal Artery Stenosis (RAS)
• Restylane® Injections
• Retinal Laser Photocoagulation
• Retinal Testing
• Retrograde Pyetograms
• Scrambler Therapy (ST5)
• Screening Colonoscopy
• Shoulder Arthroscopy
• Stomach Surgery
• Thoracoscopic Segmentectomy
• Throat Culture
• Throat Swab
• Thromboendarterectomy or Excision of Infected Graft
• Tonsillitis
• Vaginal Cancer
• Vulvar Cancer
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Procedures
• Abdominal Pain• Anemia
• Barrett's Esophagus
• Benign Neoplasm of the Digestive System
• Biliary Atresia
• Cholecystitis and Gallstones
• Cirrhosis
• Colonoscopy, Proctosigmoidoscopy, and Sigmoidoscopy
• Colorectal Cancer
• Crohn's Disease (Regional Enteritis)
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• Diaphragmatic and-or Hiatal Hernia
• Diverticulitis, Intestinal
• Diverticulosis, Intestinal
• Diverticulum of Esophagus
• Duodenal Ulcer
• Duodenitis
• Dysphagia
• Endoscopy (Esophagus, Stomach, Small Intestine)
• Enteritis
• ERCP (Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography)
• Esophageal Achalasia and Cardiospasm
• Esophageal Cancer
• Esophageal Ulcer
• Esophageal Varices
• Esophagitis
• Gas-Bloat Syndrome
• Gastric Ulcer
• Gastritis
• Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
• Gastrointestinal Bleeding
• Gastrointestinal Malabsorption
• Gastroparesis
• Heartburn
• Hemochromatosis
• Hemorrhoids
• Hepatitis B - Immune Response
• Hepatitis C
• Ileus
• Indigestion
• Intestinal Obstruction
• Irritable Bowel Syndrome
• Liver Biopsy
• Malnutrition
• Manometry
• Neoplasm of Gastrointestinal Tract
• Non-Neonatal Jaundice
• Pancreatitis
• Peptic Ulcer
• Pyloric Stenosis
• Small Intestine Cancer
• Stomach and Small Intestine Cancer
• Stomach Cancer
• Ulcerative Colitis
• Unexplained Weight Loss
• Vascular Insufficiency of Intestines
• Vomiting Disorders
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Board Certifications
- Board Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine
Years Since Graduation
- 34
State License
- Indiana
Education & Training
Medical School
Dow Medical College, Dow University Of Health Sciences
KARACHI, Pakistan
Graduated: 1989
KARACHI, Pakistan
Graduated: 1989
Residency Hospital
Good Samaritan And Va Hosps Wright State University
Dayton, OH, USA
Year completed: 1996
Dayton, OH, USA
Year completed: 1996
Internship Hospital
Wright State University
Dayton, OH, USA
Year completed: 1993
Dayton, OH, USA
Year completed: 1993
Awards
1 ACG
2 AGA
3 ASGE
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- Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO
- Benesys
- Blue Card PPO
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois PPO
- Choice Care PPO
- Choice Plus POS
- Choice Plus POS II
- Cigna
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna PPO
- Commercial Insurance Company
- Coventry Health Care
- Emblem Health
- EmblemHealth
- First Health (Coventry Health Care)
- First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
- Frontpath Health Coalition
- GEHA
- Golden Rule
- Government Employees Health Association (GEHA)
- Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
- HAP Insurance
- Health Net
- Humana
- Medicaid
- Medical Mutual of Ohio
- Medical Mutual of Ohio POS
- Medicare
- Medicare Advantage PFFS
- Medicare MCR
- MHS HIX
- MultiPlan
- MultiPlan PPO
- Mutual of Omaha
- Navigate HMO
- Navigate POS
- Open Access Plus
- Options PPO
- Pathway X Bronze Direct CACA IN HIX
- PHCS Network PPO
- PHP-Physicians Health Plan
- Preferred PPO
- Principal Life
- Priority Health
- Sagamore Health Network
- Sagamore Plus
- Simplifi
- Thrivent Financial
- United Healthcare
- UnitedHealthCare
- Universal American
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Affiliated Hospitals
Lutheran Hospital of Indiana
7950 West Jefferson Boulevard
Indiana IN,
Fort Wayne,
46804
Lutheran Hospital of Indiana is a hospital located in Fort Wayne, IN. Procedures/Diagnosis costs are at the state average in 5 of 12 procedures. Length of Stay is at the state average in 6 of 12 procedures.
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