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Dr. Robert L. Barker, M.D., Critical Care Surgeon
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Dr. Robert L. Barker, M.D.

Critical Care Surgeon | Critical Care Medicine

33 W Rahn Rd Dayton OH, 45429

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Dr. Robert Barker is a critical care surgeon practicing in Dayton, OH. Dr. Barker 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. Barker has a broad knowledge base and full understanding of the biology of the critically ill patient and the patients organ system functions.

Board Certification

Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Critical Care Medicine

Provider Details

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Areas of expertise and specialization

critical care medicine

Fellowships

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Dr. Robert L. Barker, M.D.'s Practice location

Practice At 33 W Rahn Rd

33 W Rahn Rd -
Dayton, OH 45429
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New patients: 937-433-8990
Fax: 937-433-8691

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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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Nearest Hospitals

KETTERING MEDICAL CENTERl

3535 SOUTHERN BOULEVARD KETTERING OH 45429

Head east on West Rahn Road 481 ft
Turn left onto Far Hills Avenue (SR 48) 1.5 mi
Turn left onto West Stroop Road 1.3 mi
Make a slight right 206 ft
Go straight onto Southern Blvd 1671 ft
You have arrived at your destination, on the left

SYCAMORE MEDICAL CENTERl

4000 MIAMISBURG-CENTERVILLE ROAD MIAMISBURG OH 45342

Head east on West Rahn Road 481 ft
Turn right onto Far Hills Avenue (SR 48) 1.5 mi
Take the ramp on the right 2167 ft
Merge left onto I 675 1.8 mi
Take the ramp on the right 1688 ft
Continue straight onto Leona Lane 1550 ft
Turn right onto Miamisburg Centerville Road (SR 725) 2.2 mi
Turn left onto Alexandersville Road 1269 ft
Turn right onto Leiter Road 1269 ft
Turn left 173 ft
Turn right 71 ft
You have arrived at your destination, on the right

MIAMI VALLEY HOSPITALl

ONE WYOMING STREET DAYTON OH 45409

Head east on West Rahn Road 481 ft
Turn left onto Far Hills Avenue (SR 48) 4.9 mi
Continue straight onto South Main Street (SR 48) 3509 ft
Turn right onto Wyoming Street 1489 ft
You have arrived at your destination, on the right