Eftitan Akam MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, General Internal Medicine
801 Massachusetts Ave | (617) 414-5951eyakam@bu.edu

Sections
General Internal Medicine
Biography
Eftitan (Efi) Akam is an internal medicine and pediatrics hospitalist at Boston Medical Center. Her professional interests are at the intersection of health equity, climate change, and health policy. Dr. Akam focuses on understanding how institutional and governmental policies can lessen the effects of climate change on the health of marginalized communities. Dr. Akam received her BA from Harvard College, her MD from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, and her MPH from Harvard University T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She completed her Med-Peds residency at the Massachusetts General Hospital, where she served as Chief Resident. In 2023, Dr. Akam graduated from the Commonwealth Fund Fellowship in Minority Health Policy at Harvard University.
Education
MD, Vanderbilt University
MPH, Harvard School of Public Health
Neuroscience/Neurology, BA, Harvard College
Publications
Akam EY, Nuako AA, Daniel AK, Stanford FC. Racial Disparities and Cardiometabolic Risk: New Horizons of Intervention and Prevention. Curr Diab Rep. 2022 Mar; 22(3):129-136. PMID: 35175453.
Published on 5/24/2021Knight MG, Anekwe C, Washington K, Akam EY, Wang E, Stanford FC. Weight regulation in menopause. Menopause. 2021 May 24; 28(8):960-965. PMID: 34033603.
Published on 4/21/2021Malhotra S, Czepiel KS, Akam EY, Shaw AY, Sivasubramanian R, Seetharaman S, Stanford FC. Bariatric surgery in the treatment of adolescent obesity: current perspectives in the United States. Expert Rev Endocrinol Metab. 2021 May; 16(3):123-134. PMID: 33879013.
Published on 8/6/2019Barnard ME, Beeghly-Fadiel A, Milne GL, Akam EY, Chan AT, Eliassen AH, Rosner BA, Shu XO, Terry KL, Xiang YB, Zheng W, Tworoger SS. Urinary PGE-M Levels and Risk of Ovarian Cancer. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2019 11; 28(11):1845-1852. PMID: 31387969.
Published on 3/30/2017Shkirkova K, Akam EY, Huang J, Sheth SA, Nour M, Liang CW, McManus M, Trinh V, Duckwiler G, Tarpley J, Vinuela F, Saver JL. Feasibility and utility of an integrated medical imaging and informatics smartphone system for management of acute stroke. Int J Stroke. 2017 Dec; 12(9):953-960. PMID: 28358291.