Akbar Sharip MD, Mph, Facoem
About Akbar Sharip MD, Mph, Facoem
Akbar Sharip, MD, MPH, FACOEM, serves as the Workers' Compensation Center Medical Director and Associate Professor of Medicine at Loma Linda University. He has contributed significantly to occupational health practices and residency training since joining the institution in 2013.
Work at Loma Linda University
Akbar Sharip serves as the Workers' Compensation Center Medical Director at Loma Linda University Health since 2020. He has been an Associate Professor of Medicine at the same institution since 2013. In addition to his directorship, he holds the position of Residency Program Director, where he has contributed to the training of residents in Occupational and Environmental Medicine. His involvement in the Workers' Compensation Center includes key leadership roles in its development and implementation.
Education and Expertise
Akbar Sharip completed his Occupational Medicine Residency Program at Loma Linda University from 2011 to 2012. He also studied Public Health and General Preventive Medicine Residency at Loma Linda University from 2009 to 2011. His educational background includes a degree in Clinical Medicine from Xi'an Medical University, completed from 1990 to 1995, and a study in Epidemiology at UCLA from 2001 to 2003.
Background
Before his current roles, Akbar Sharip worked as Chief Resident in the Occupational Medicine Residency at Loma Linda University Medical Center from 2011 to 2012. He also served as the Interim Workers' Compensation Center Director at Loma Linda University from 2018 to 2020. Earlier in his career, he was a Research Assistant at UCLA from 2002 to 2003.
Achievements
Akbar Sharip has played a significant role in mentoring residents in Occupational and Environmental Medicine. He has contributed to enhancing the curriculum and training programs for the Occupational Medicine Residency at Loma Linda University. His leadership in developing the Workers' Compensation Center has advanced occupational health practices within the institution.