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Dr. Timothy Mark Ricketts is a graduate of The University of Alabama School of Public Health and The University of Alabama School of Medicine. He has been practicing medicine in the state of Alabama since 1988, and throughout his career has provided care for over 20,000 individuals, ages 12 years and up.

This may very well be your first visit to our website, and as an extension of our office, please use this website as an instrument to interact with us so that we can better provide for you. Here, it is our wish to inform you of our services as well as provide you with health information.

What is an ‘Internist?’
Internal medicine is the branch and specialty of medicine concerning the diagnosis and non-surgical treatment of diseases in adults. Doctors of internal medicine, also called "internists", are required to have included in their medical schooling and postgraduate training at least three years dedicated to learning how to prevent, diagnose, and treat diseases that affect adults.

Latest Blog

This week, I had a friend ask me about Colitis, and how he was running into more and more people who had it. I told him that we are actually seeing more and more of it in people, but the medical community currently isn’t sure why. 

So you know, Colitis is an inflammatory disease of the intestines – in the large intestine or the entire intestinal tract – that can make you very sick, even lead to colon cancer and death. So, it’s worth knowing about.

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Be sure to check out the new Patient Portal (to the right). This site allows you to request appointments and refills, and it also lets you pay your bill online.

New patients will be able to fill out registration forms before they come into the office!