Licking Memorial Hospital is pleased to announce the addition of Hospitalist Bashar Alawad, M.D.  Dr. Alawad earned his Medical Degree at Damascus University – Faculty of Medicine in Damascus, Syria, and completed an internal medicine residency at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.  He is board certified in internal 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.