<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><profile href="/about_us/FacultyDirectory/Medicine/NicolasBakinde/index.php">
   <image><img src="/about_us/FacultyDirectory/Medicine/images/bakinde.jpg" alt="Nicolas Bakinde, MD, PhD, FACP"></img></image>
   <name>Nicolas Bakinde, MD, PhD, FACP</name>
   <title>Professor</title>
   <department>General Internal Medicine</department>
   <title2></title2>
   <department2></department2>
   <email>nbakinde@msm.edu </email>
   <phone>(404)756-1370</phone>
   <location>Grady Memorial Hospital - Grady 1C | 248</location>
   <education><strong><strong>POSTGRADUATE:<br></br></strong></strong>University of Fribourg<br></br><strong>Fellowship: </strong>Anatomical Society <br></br><br></br><strong>MEDICAL SCHOOL:</strong><br></br>University of Leipzig, Faculty of Medicine<br></br><strong>Degree:</strong> Doctor of Medicine<br></br><br></br><strong>GRADUATE: </strong><br></br>Paul Flechsig Institute for Brain Research<br></br><strong>Degree:</strong> Doctor of Philosophy in Neuroscience<br></br><br></br><strong>UNDERGRADUATE:<br></br></strong>University of Leipzig<strong><br></br></strong></education>
   <research>
      <ul>
         <li>Cardiometabolic health disparities</li>
         <li>Vitamin D deficiency and obesity (NHANES)</li>
         <li>Clinical epidemiology and outcomes research</li>
         <li>Health services research and quality improvement</li>
         <li>Medical education (July Effect)</li>
      </ul>
   </research>
   <clinicalinterests>
      <ul>
         <li>General Internal Medicine</li>
         <li>Hospital Medicine</li>
         <li>Cardiometabolic care</li>
         <li>Preventive care</li>
         <li>Underserved populations</li>
      </ul>
   </clinicalinterests>
   <specialties>
      <ul>
         <li>General Internal Medicine</li>
         <li>Hospital Medicine</li>
      </ul>
      <!--%echo var="specialties" --></specialties>
   <boardcerts>American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM)</boardcerts>
   <publications>
      <div>
         <div>
            <ul>
               <li>Abe T, Chang EY, De Allie G, Ajose T, Nwokike C, <strong>Bakinde N.</strong> <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32547758/">Rapid decline in ejection fraction and persistent elevation of troponin associated
                     with cardiac amyloidosis. </a>SAGE Open Med Case Rep. 2020;8:2050313X20923259. doi: 10.1177/2050313X20923259. eCollection
                  2020. PubMed PMID: 32547758; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7249551.</li>
               <li>Olanipekun T, Effoe VS, Olanipekun O, Igbinomwanhia E, Kola-Kehinde O, Fotzeu C, <strong>Bakinde N</strong>, Harris R. <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31982176/">Factors influencing the uptake of influenza vaccination in African American patients
                     with heart failure: Findings from a large urban public hospital. </a>Heart Lung. 2020 May - Jun;49(3):233-237. doi: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2019.12.003. Epub
                  2020 Jan 23. PubMed PMID: 31982176.</li>
               <li>Chang E, Bilal M, Umar A, Odebunmi , Gopalakrishnan A, Fatima S, Ajose T, Elhammali
                  B, Flenaugh E, <strong>Bakinde N.</strong> Masquerade Dance of the Myxoma Ball: An Unexpected Cause of Acute Dyspnea. American
                  Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2020 May; 11(1).</li>
               <li>Abe T, <strong>Bakinde N.</strong> Impact of Weight Status on In-hospital Complications in African Americans Undergoing
                  Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. J Am Coll Cardiol Cardiovasc Interv. 2020 February;
                  13(4_Supplement).</li>
               <li>Olanipekun T, Effoe V, <strong>Bakinde N</strong>, Bradley C, Ivonye C, Harris R. <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32029219/">Learning Styles of Internal Medicine Residents and Association With the In-Training
                     Examination Performance. </a>J Natl Med Assoc. 2020 Feb;112(1):44-51. doi: 10.1016/j.jnma.2019.12.002. Epub 2020
                  Feb 3. PubMed PMID: 32029219.</li>
            </ul>
         </div>
      </div><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/1Fck9ud8VZ8Qo/bibliography/public/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">View additional publications</a></publications>
   <awards>
      <ul>
         <li>2026 Recognition for compassionate care, scholarship, charitable giving, and community
            service By These Healing Hands, Ladies and Gentlemen of the White Coat Society.</li>
         <li>2017 Faculty of the year.  </li>
         <li>2010 Resident Award - Southeast Center of Excellence in Geriatric Medicine (SCEGM),
            University of Alabama/Emory University School of Medicine</li>
      </ul>
   </awards>
</profile>