Penn Medicine Provider
Infectious Diseases
Shafinaz Akhter, MD
4.8
(71)
Penn International Travel Medicine and Immunization Clinic Perelman
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About me

  • Director, Antimicrobial Stewardship, Chester County Hospital
  • Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)

Education and training

  • Medical School: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
  • Residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  • Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

What my patients think about me

Average Rating
4.8

71 reviews

Comments are submitted by patients and reflect their views and opinions. The comments are not endorsed by and do not necessarily reflect the views of Penn Medicine.

May 2025
5.0
5.0
dr. akhter is knowledgeable and i trust her expertise.
April 2025
5.0
5.0
i really like her
March 2025
5.0
5.0
very understanding and explaining the way that i can understand
March 2025
5.0
5.0
very professional very knowledgeable very personable

Insurance accepted

My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: On the medical staff, but does not have privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Medicine Rittenhouse Long-Term Acute Care Hospital
  • Chester County Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Akhter is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Akhter S “Evaluation of current diagnosis of UTI vs surveillance criteria based diagnosis” , Annual IDWeek Scientific Conference, San Diego, CA : 2017

Wallace KN, Akhter S, Smith EM, Lorent K, Pack M Intestinal growth and differentiation in zebrafish , Mechanisms of development, 122(2): 2005,157-73

Akhter S, Kovbasnjuk O, Li X, Cavet M, Noel J, Arpin M, Hubbard AL, Donowitz M Na(+)/H(+) exchanger 3 is in large complexes in the center of the apical surface of proximal tubule-derived OK cells , American journal of physiology, 283(3): 2002,C927-40

Cavet ME, Akhter S, Murtazina R, Sanchez de Medina F, Tse CM, Donowitz M Half-lives of plasma membrane Na(+)/H(+) exchangers NHE1-3: plasma membrane NHE2 has a rapid rate of degradation , American journal of physiology, 281(6): 2001,C2039-48

Donowitz M, Janecki A, Akhter S, Cavet ME, Sanchez F, Lamprecht G, Zizak M, Kwon WL, Khurana S, Yun CH, Tse CM Short-term regulation of NHE3 by EGF and protein kinase C but not protein kinase A involves vesicle trafficking in epithelial cells and fibroblasts , Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 915(1): 2000,30-42

Janecki AJ, Janecki M, Akhter S, Donowitz M Quantitation of plasma membrane expression of a fusion protein of Na/H exchanger NHE3 and green fluorescence protein (GFP) in living PS120 fibroblasts , The journal of histochemistry and cytochemistry, 48(11): 2000,1479-92

Janecki AJ, Janecki M, Akhter S, Donowitz M Basic fibroblast growth factor stimulates surface expression and activity of Na(+)/H(+) exchanger NHE3 via mechanism involving phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase , The Journal of biological chemistry, 275(11): 2000,8133-42

Akhter S, Cavet ME, Tse CM, Donowitz M C-terminal domains of Na(+)/H(+) exchanger isoform 3 are involved in the basal and serum-stimulated membrane trafficking of the exchanger , Biochemistry, 39(8): 2000,1990-2000

Cavet ME, Akhter S, de Medina FS, Donowitz M, Tse CM Na(+)/H(+) exchangers (NHE1-3) have similar turnover numbers but different percentages on the cell surface , The American journal of physiology, 277(6 Pt 1): 1999,C1111-21

Weinman EJ, Steplock D, Zhang X, Akhter S, Shenolikar S Molecular cloning of the cDNA and promoter sequences for the mouse sodium-hydrogen exchanger regulatory factor , Biochimica et biophysica acta, 1447(1): 1999,71-6