Dr. Akanbi is a Clinical Instructor of Medicine and staff hospitalist in the Division of General Internal Medicine, Section of Hospital Medicine. She attended medical school at Drexel University before completing a residency in internal medicine and pediatrics at UPMC. Before joining the University of Pittsburgh faculty in 2006, she worked as a hospital pharmacist in Oregon. She rejoined the faculty in 2011 as a nocturnist and currently serves as a faculty preceptor for internal medicine residents completing their night float rotation. Dr. Akanbi has clinical and research interests in cardiology, with several presentations on the topic. She maintains professional society memberships in the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Society of General Internal Medicine.