Akif Altinbas, MD, DABOM
Assistant Professor of Medicine, UConn Health

Dr. Akif Altinbas is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at UConn Health, where he practices general outpatient internal medicine with a specific focus on obesity and metabolic dysfunction-associated conditions. He is board-certified in Internal Medicine and Obesity Medicine.

Dr. Altinbas completed his medical degree and residency in Internal Medicine at Hacettepe University, followed by a fellowship in Gastroenterology in the capital city of Ankara, Türkiye. He pursued postdoctoral research in hepatology at Duisburg-Essen University in Germany and Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, where his work focused on mechanisms of liver fibrogenesis and biomarkers for liver disease progression.

His current research interests center on metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), obesity, and cardio-metabolic health in primary care. He leads efforts to develop non-invasive strategies and clinical registries for identifying patients at risk for liver disease. Dr. Altinbas has authored more than 60 peer-reviewed publications and book chapters, and he serves as a peer-reviewer for numerous medical journals as well as an Associate Editor for PLOS ONE.