Adebayo A Akintobi, MD, MPH is a medical board-certified family physician and South DeKalb Family Physician Medical Director since its 2004 inception.
He completed his Family Medicine medical residency program at Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine and was the Chief Resident during his final year. Prior to his medical residency program, he completed his Master’s in Public Health at the University of South Florida College of Public Health with a concentration in Maternal and Child Health. He was also a cancer prevention and outreach specialist at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida prior to relocating to Atlanta, Georgia.
Dr. Akintobi is a huge proponent of preventive medicine, chronic disease management, and health promotion. Dr. Akintobi is a member of the Georgia Academy of Family Physicians, the American Academy of Family Physicians and the American College of Preventive Medicine.
He is the moderator of We Shop Talk and founder of We Speak to Testify, a YouTube channel and social media platform dedicated to promoting health care issues affecting Black America and testimonials of individuals that have overcome health concerns and challenges.
He has hospital privileges at Emory Decatur Hospital, Emory Hillandale Hospital, Emory Midtown Hospital, and Emory University Hospital. And former Welastar Medical Hospital.
He is the organizer of Taking charge of your health community events, a free health screening, chronic disease management and wellness collaborative public health outreaches prioritizing the unhoused, the uninsured and the under-insured population in the Atlanta area.