Licking Memorial Hospital is pleased to announce the addition of Hospitalist Rajive Tandon, M.D.  Dr. Tandon received his medical degree from Northeast Ohio Medical University in Rootstown, Ohio.  He completed an internal medicine residency at Riverside Methodist Hospital and a fellowship in pulmonary disease and critical care at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus.  Dr. Tandon is board certified in internal medicine, pulmonary disease and critical care medicine.
 
Hospitalists are internal medicine physicians who specialize in caring for acutely ill hospitalized patients.  The hospitalist also coordinates care with the patient’s primary care physician.  Studies have shown that patients cared for by hospitalists have better medical outcomes, including higher survival rates, lower costs and shorter hospital lengths of stay.