Yasmin Akhtar
Experienced in Addison's Disease

Dr. Yasmin Akhtar

Pediatric Endocrinology
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Charter Professional Center
10700 Charter Drive, Suite 140, Suite 140, 
Columbia, MD 

Experienced in Addison's Disease
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Charter Professional Center
10700 Charter Drive, Suite 140, Suite 140, 
Columbia, MD 
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Overview

Dr. Yasmin Akhtar is a Clinical Associate of Pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in the department of Pediatric Endocrinology. Dr. Akhtar completed her undergraduate studies at Loyola University Chicago. She went to medical school at the Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed her residency at Rush Medical Center in Chicago. She worked as a general pediatrician at a FQHC in Pittsburgh for 1 year then moved to Baltimore in 2014 where she completed her pediatric endocrinology fellowship at Johns Hopkins. After fellowship, she spent a year working for Kaiser Permanente as a general pediatrician and also caring for patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus and endocrine diagnoses. Dr Akhtar’s clinical activities include both diabetes and pediatric endocrinology.

Dr. Akhtar is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Addison's Disease. Her top areas of expertise are Short Stature (Growth Disorders), Precocious Puberty, Familial Short Stature (FSS), and Idiopathic Short Stature (ISS).

Graduate Institution
Benedictine University, MPH, 2006
Residency
Rush University Medical Center, Pediatrics, 2013
Specialties
Pediatric Endocrinology
Licenses
Pediatric Endocrinology in MD
Board Certifications
American Board Of Pediatrics
Fellowships
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Pediatric Endocrinology, 2017
Languages Spoken
English
Gender
Female

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CareFirst
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Humana
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Johns Hopkins Healthcare
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Kaiser Permanente
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Wellcare
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Locations

Charter Professional Center
10700 Charter Drive, Suite 140, Suite 140, Columbia, MD 21044
Call: 443-997-5437
Other Locations
Rubenstein Child Health Building
200 North Wolfe Street, Building 1, Baltimore, MD 21287
Call: 443-997-5437
Mount Washington Pediatric Hospital
1708 West Rogers Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21209
Call: 443-997-5437

Additional Areas of Focus

Dr. Akhtar has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.

Pediatric Growth Hormone Deficiency
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