Dr. Michael R Waldrum MD
Critical Care Surgeon | Critical Care Medicine
619 19th Street South Birmingham AL, 35233About
Dr. Michael Waldrum is a critical care surgeon practicing in Birmingham, AL. Dr. Waldrum specializes in the needs of critically ill surgical patients. Critical care surgeons are experts in treating physiologic responses to tissue injury from trauma, burns, infections, acute inflammation, operation and more. They are also trained to know how such injuries interact with other diseases that a patient may have. As a critical care surgeon, Dr. Waldrum has a broad knowledge base and full understanding of the biology of the critically ill patient and the patients organ system functions.
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Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Critical Care Medicine
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