About
Dr. Shahdeen S. Alam is a board-certified internal medicine physician practicing in Birmingham, Alabama. Since 2021 he has practiced concurrently as a hospitalist at Grandview Medical Center and Cullman Regional Medical Center, managing adult inpatient admissions, cross-coverage, and discharge planning, alongside an outpatient internal medicine practice in chronic disease management. Since 2025 he has served as Hospice Medical Director for ExpectCare Hospice, leading physician oversight of interdisciplinary teams, certification review, and care planning. He is the founder of Alam Pinnacle Health Services in Cullman, Alabama. Dr. Alam completed his internal medicine residency at Brookwood Baptist Health in Birmingham, where he served as Administrative Chief Resident, and earned his DO and MBA (magna cum laude) from Lincoln Memorial University. He received the Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism and Excellence in Teaching Award in 2020. His medical-legal work centers on hospital medicine standard of care, medical necessity, documentation and care transitions, and hospice and end-of-life care.