Ruth Adekunle, MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
171 Ashley Ave Charleston SC, 29425About
Dr. Ruth Adekunle is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Charleston, SC. Dr. Adekunle specializes in infections that are difficult to diagnose or unresponsive to treatments, such as HIV or airborne infections from a foreign country. Infectious disease specialists usually work with conditions that are not treatable by a primary physician but it is important to keep contact with the primary physician in order to receive information about the patients history and for deciding which diagnostic tests are appropriate.
Education and Training
George Washington University School of Medicine Medical Degree 2013
Board Certification
infectious disease
internal medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine
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Faculty Titles & Positions
- Assistant Professor Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine -
Fellowships
- Emory University School of Medicine infectious disease
Fellowships
- Emory University School of Medicine (2020)
Professional Society Memberships
- Infectious Diseases Society of America
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Get to know Infectious Disease Specialist Dr. Ruth Adekunle, who serves patients in Charleston, South Carolina.
Dr. Adekunle is a fellowship-trained infectious disease specialist at MUSC Health University Medical Center.
MUSC Health University Medical Center is located in historic downtown Charleston, South Carolina. It is dedicated to changing what’s possible in health care through its patient- and family-centered care, education, research, and various partnerships.
University Medical Center is a nationally recognized and leading health sciences university. It comprises four hospitals (Institute of Psychiatry, Children’s Hospital, Ashley River Tower, and University Hospital) and an NCI-designated cancer center, MUSC Hollings Cancer Center. It is also home to South Carolina’s only solid organ transplant center, the Level I Trauma Center, as well as one of only two National Telehealth Centers of Excellence.
Alongside her clinical role, Dr. Adekunle serves as an Assistant Professor within the Department of Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine.
Academically, she graduated with her medical degree from the George Washington University School of Medicine in 2013. Three years later, in 2016, she performed her residency in internal medicine at the University of Maryland Medical Center, where she served as Chief Resident. Most recently, Dr. Adekunle completed her fellowship in infectious disease at the Emory University School of Medicine in 2020.
Striving to achieve optimal health for her patients, the doctor is board-certified in infectious disease 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.
Infectious disease is a medical specialty dealing with prevention, the diagnosis, and treatment of infections. An infectious disease specialist’s practice also consists of managing nosocomial (hospital-acquired) infections.
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