Dr. Robert L. Barker, M.D.

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Get to know Critical Care Specialist Dr. Robert L. Barker, who serves patients in Dayton, Ohio.

A seasoned critical care specialist, Dr. Barker is in practice at South Dayton Acute Care Consultants in Dayton, Ohio. He also serves as an Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at the Wright State University School of Medicine.

South Dayton Acute Care Consultants (SDACC) was established in 1983 as a solo specialty practice in critical care medicine. They aim to provide the highest quality, state-of-the-art specialty inpatient and referral-based outpatient medical care in a compassionate and efficient manner.

Pertaining to his educational pursuits, Dr. Barker attended the Loma Linda University School of Medicine, and completed his residency in internal medicine at the Kettering Medical Center. He then went on to further his training by completing a fellowship in critical care medicine at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

Distinguished as a Fellow of the American College of Critical Care Medicine (FCCM), the doctor is board-certified in critical care medicine, neurocritical care, and internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM). The ABIM is a physician-led, non-profit, independent evaluation organization driven by doctors who want to achieve higher standards for better care in a rapidly changing world.

Intensive care medicine, also called critical care medicine, is a medical specialty that deals with seriously or critically ill patients who have, are at risk of, or are recovering from conditions that may be life-threatening. Critical care specialists provide around-the-clock care in highly-stressful situations within intensive care units (ICUs) in hospitals or trauma centers to the most seriously injured or ill patients.

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