Dr. Gloria D. Kayfan, D.O., FACOEP

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Get to know Emergency Medicine Physician, Dr. Gloria D. Kayfan, who serves patients in Athens, Ohio.

Dr. Kayfan is a board-certified emergency medicine physician with OhioHealth O’Bleness Hospital in Athens, Ohio, where she serves as ER Medical Director. Furthermore, she is affiliated with Adena Regional Medical Center in Chillicothe, Ohio. 

After earning her Doctor of Osteopathy degree in 1996 from the Kansas City University of Medicine & Biosciences  College of Osteopathic Medicine, Dr. Kayfan completed an internship (1996 – 1997) and emergency medicine residency (1997 – 2000) at Bi-County Community Hospital – MSUCOM in Warren, Michigan.

Subsequent to her training, Dr. Kayfan became board certified in emergency medicine with the American Osteopathic Board of Emergency Medicine. She is licensed to practice in multiple states, including Virginia, Ohio, Alabama, West Virginia, Kentucky, Florida, and Georgia, a member of the American Osteopathic Association, Dr. Kayfan is also a Fellow of the American Osteopathic College of Emergency Physicians.

Emergency medicine is the medical speciality concerned with the care of illnesses or injuries requiring immediate medical attention. Emergency physicians continuously learn to care for unscheduled and undifferentiated patients of all ages.

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