Dr Akerkar has clinical interest and expertise in inflammatory bowel disease; viral hepatitis and celiac disease. She is particularly interested in issues involving women including managing Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis during pregnancy.
Dr. Akerkar attended Cornell Medical College and then completed a residency at Beth Israel Medical Center in Boston in Internal Medicine. She finished a gastroenterology fellowship at University of California in San Francisco. She returned to the Boston Area and has been in practice at Digestive Health Specialists and Circle Health /Lowell General Hospital for over 15 years. She serves as a Clinical Instructor at Harvard Medical School and is an attending physician at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
Alpha Omega Alpha, Fellow of the American Gastroenterological Association, Boston Magazine 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021.
Cornell University - BS
Cornell Medical College-MD
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Internal Medicine
UCSF - Gastroenterology Fellowship
Gastroenterology disorders can affect multiple organ systems. Patients may present with diarrhea but have a thyroid problem. It is important to consider the entire body when evaluating a patient. Gastroenterology also allows me to manage a diversity of conditions; infections such as viral hepatitis; autoimmune disease such as Crohn's or Celiac disease; and precancerous lesions such as Barrett's or adenomatous polyps of the colon.
Managing liver disease including cirrhosis with close clinical management with transplant program. Management of inflammatory bowel disease and pregnancy. Women's GI health including irritable bowel syndrome and pelvic floor dysfunction.
Dr Akerkar has been a partner at Digestive Health Specialists for over 15 years. DHS has been providing care in the Merrimack Valley for over 35 years.
I have been Dr Akerkar's patient for 10 years and I cannot express how amazing she has been I came all the way up from Florida just to have my procedure yesterday because I really trust her. -Aug 3; 2018 Vitals.com
Saved my life! I had a rare and life threatening medical emergency on Sept 15;2017. I am thankful Dr Akerkar was on call and immediately diagnosed me with pancreatitis and was instrumental in getting me transferred to MGH were the surgical team had the expertise to handle my care . - Dr William French Chelmsford MA
I have been a patient of Dr Akerkar for about 15 years. She is a brilliant Dr with an amazing personality and bedside manner. I never feel rushed; she listens to everything I have to say and remembers it. Several of my family members are under her care now. -Vitals.com June 2015
