Dr. Abu Baker Sheikh completed his medical schooling at Shifa College of Medicine, Pakistan in 2016 and subsequently completed his Residency in Internal Medicine at the University of New Mexico from 2018 to 2021. He currently works as an associate program director and research mentor in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine. He is an Associate Editor for the Medical Journal of Cureus. He does research in gastroenterology, hematology, oncology, bariatric surgery, general internal medicine, and surgery.