Transitional Year Residency Faculty

Rahul Bhakta, MD

Program Director

Board Certification: Internal Medicine

Dr. Rahul Bhakta is a graduate of the University of Mississippi School of Medicine and completed his residency at the University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine. Prior to joining BayCare, he worked as a hospitalist and as faculty for USF Health Department of Internal Medicine. During that time, Dr. Bhakta also served as the Vice-Chief of Hospital Medicine at Tampa General Hospital. In addition to working in hospitalist medicine, he also volunteers with local medical students at a refugee clinic to service the refugee population of Tampa Bay. Dr. Bhakta has a genuine appreciation for the interdisciplinary approach to medicine and uses his experiences to educate trainees in the art of medicine and teamwork to best serve patients.