- Dr. Ruth C Atkinson, MD
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Dr. Ruth C Atkinson, MD
Internal Medicine - Alabama, Birmingham
Overview
Dr. Ruth C Atkinson, MD works in Birmingham, Alabama is a specialist in Internal Medicine, Hematology, Oncology and graduated Louisiana State University School Of Medicine In Shreveport in 1980. Dr. Atkinson is affiliated with Brookwood Medical Center and practicing for 43 years
Specialties
- Internal Medicine
- Hematology
- Oncology
Conditions
• Allergic Reactions to Insect Stings• Aphasia
• Arterial Dissections With Lentiginosis
• Arterial Revascularization
• Atrial Septal Defect 2 (ASD 2)
• Brain and Nervous System Cancer (incl. Gliomas, Astrocytoma, Schwannoma, Medulloblastoma, Chordoma)
• Carcinoma
• Chronic Headache
• Chronic Pain Management
• Congenital Mitral Stenosis
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• Demyelinating Disorders
• Diseases Contagious from Safe Sex
• Excision or Destruction of Tongue Lesion
• Facet Joint Nerve Ablation
• Food Allergy - Codfish
• Food Allergy - Fruit
• Food Allergy - Tree Nuts
• Functional Movement Screening
• Gastrointestinal Surgery, Laproscopic
• Hand Neuropathy
• Herbal Agent Adverse Reaction - Echinacea
• Imperforate Anus
• Lumbar Decompression Therapy
• Memory Disorders
• Metabolic Rate Testing
• Microscopic Ulcerative Colitis
• Minimally Invasive Resection of Mediastinal Tumor
• Muscle Hypotonia
• Muscular Dystrophy, Congenital, Type 1C
• Neurofibromatosis, Type 2
• Optic Ataxia
• Outpatient and inpatient dialysis supervision and management [More]
• Photosensitivity
• Plasmapheresis
• Pleural Friction Rub
• Post-Dysenteric Arthropathy
• Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis
• Prolactinoma
• Retinoschisis, Autosomal Dominant
• Salivary Gland Stones
• Severe Chronic Pain
• Shoulder Fractures
• Skin Lesion
• Sleep-Related Rhythmic Movement Disorder
• The provision of follow-up treatment for patients who have undergone kidney transplants
• The provision of nutritional information for patients with kidney disease
• Thoracoscopic Segmentectomy
• Venous Thromboembolic Disease
• Warts
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Procedures
• Acute Leukemia• Anemia
• Bile Duct Cancer
• Bladder Cancer
• Brain and Nervous System Cancer (incl. Gliomas, Astrocytoma, Schwannoma, Medulloblastoma, Chordoma)
• Brain Cancer
• Breast Cancer
• Chemotherapy
• Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML)
• Coagulation Disorders (incl. Hemophilia)
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• Colorectal Cancer
• Coumadin® Management
• Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)
• Esophageal Cancer
• Gallbladder and Biliary Tract Cancer
• Leukocytosis
• Liver Cancer
• Lung Cancer
• Lymphoma
• Lymphoma, Large-Cell
• Marginal Zone Lymphoma
• Mast Cell Diseases
• Mediastinal Tumors, Malignant
• Melanoma
• Myelodysplastic Syndromes
• Myeloma
• Myeloproliferative Disorders
• Neuroendocrine Tumors
• Neutropenia
• Nodular Lymphoma
• Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
• Oral Cancer
• Osteosarcoma
• Ovarian Cancer
• Pancreatic Cancer
• Pancytopenia
• Plasmapheresis
• Pleural Neoplasm, Malignant
• Polycythemia Rubra Vera
• Prostate Cancer
• Renal (Kidney) Cancer
• Secondary Malignancies
• Sickle Cell Disease
• Skin Cancer
• Soft Tissue Sarcoma
• Stomach and Small Intestine Cancer
• Stomach Cancer
• Thalassemia
• Thoracentesis
• Thyroid Cancer
• Tongue Cancer
• Uterine Cancer
• Venous Embolism and Thrombosis
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Board Certifications
- Board Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine
Years Since Graduation
- 43
State License
- Alabama
Education & Training
Medical School
Louisiana State University School Of Medicine In Shreveport
Shreveport, LA, United States
Graduated: 1980
Shreveport, LA, United States
Graduated: 1980
Fellowship Hospital
University Of Alabama Hospital
Birmingham, AL, USA
Year completed: 1986
Birmingham, AL, USA
Year completed: 1986
Undergraduate School
University of Arkansas
Little Rock, AR, USA
Graduated: 1976
Little Rock, AR, USA
Graduated: 1976
Residency Hospital
University Of Kentucky Hospital
Lexington, KY, USA
Year completed: 1983
Lexington, KY, USA
Year completed: 1983
Internship Hospital
University Of Kentucky Hospital
Lexington, KY, USA
Year completed: 1981
Lexington, KY, USA
Year completed: 1981
Awards
1 American Medical Association
2 American Society of Clinical Oncologists
3 American Society of Hematology
4 Chairman
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Office Locations
Primary location
Birmingham Hematology & Oncology Associates
2022 Brookwood Medical Center Drive Suite 628, ACC
Alabama (AL)
Birmingham
35209
Phone:(205) 870-4783
Accepting New Patients
- Yes
Map & Directions
Birmingham Hematology & Oncology Associates, 2022 Brookwood Medical Center Drive Suite 628, ACC, Birmingham, Alabama (AL), 35209
Insurances Accepted (check insurance plans)
- Aetna
- Blue Card PPO
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of California
- Choice Plus POS II
- Cigna
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna PPO
- Dental Blue 100/200/300
- Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
- MultiPlan
- MultiPlan PPO
- Open Access Plus
- PHCS Network PPO
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Affiliated Hospitals
Brookwood Medical Center
2010 Brookwood Medical Center Drive
Alabama AL,
Birmingham,
35209
(205) 877-1000
Brookwood Medical Center was founded in 1973 by a group of physicians whose dream was to provide quality, patient-centered care to our community. Since then, we've grown into a full-service medical center providing innovative health care services and programs to families throughout Alabama – inclu...
(205) 877-1000
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