Dr. Christopher Swift, DO
Internist
1314 19th Ave Fl 2 Meridian MS, 39301About
Dr. Christopher Swift is an internist practicing in Mobile, AL. Dr. Swift specializes in the medical treatment of adults. Internists can act as a primary physician or a consultant to a primary physician. They manage both common and rare diseases. Dr. Swift provides comprehensive care and manages treatment with surgeons as well. Internists establish long-term relationships with their patients and incorporate disease prevention and mental health care into their practice.
Education and Training
Kansas City University of Medicine & Biosciences - College of Osteopathic Medicine 2010
Board Certification
American Osteopathic Board of Internal Medicine (AOBIM)
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Get to know Hospitalist Dr. Christopher Swift, who serves patients in Meridian, Mississippi.
Specializing in critical care medicine, Dr. Swift is a hospitalist at Rush Foundation Hospital in Meridian, Mississippi.
Rush Foundation Hospital is a 215-bed acute care facility. Specialty care, facilities and services available at the Hospital include a Level III Trauma Center in the 24-hours-a-day, physician-staffed emergency department; the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, a 12-bed unit that offers a special quality of care for premature and high-risk infants; the Family Birth Center; the Diabetes Management Center at Rush; the GI Lab; the Joint Replacement Center; the Pain Treatment Center; Sleep Centers; Surgical Robotics; The Vein Center at Rush; and the Senior Care – Intensive Outpatient Program.
Upon graduating with his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from the Kansas City University College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2010, Dr. Swift went on to further his training. He served his residency in internal medicine at the University of South Alabama in 2013.
With an unwavering commitment to his speciality, he is board-certified in internal medicine by the American Osteopathic Board of Internal Medicine (AOBIM). The AOBIM is an organization that provides board certification to qualified Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine who specialize in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of disease in adults.
Practicing medicine in the state of Mississippi, Dr. Swift is affiliated with The Specialty Hospital of Meridian, Laird Hospital, and H. C. Watkins Memorial Hospital.
Hospital medicine is a medical specialty that exists in some countries as a branch of internal or family medicine, dealing with the care of acutely ill hospitalized patients. Physicians whose primary professional focus is caring for hospitalized patients only while they are in the hospital are called hospitalists.
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