Licking Memorial Hospital is pleased to announce the addition of Hospitalist Olugbenga Felix Tolani, M.D.  Dr. Tolani earned his Medical Degree at the University of Lagos College of Medicine in Lagos, Nigeria and completed an internal medicine residency at Interfaith Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York.  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.