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Stephanie Ward, MD, MPH

 

Stephanie Ward, MD, MPH

 

Assistant Professor, Medicine

Assistant Professor, Public Health

Telephone:  215-707-1800

Fax:  215-707-3644

Email: stephanie.ward@tuhs.temple.edu

 

 

Department of Medicine, Section of General Internal Medicine

 

Educational Background:

 

BS, North Carolina State University (cum laude), Raleigh, NC

 

MPH, George Washington University, Washington, D.C.

 

MD, Thomas Jefferson University (Alpha Omega Alpha), Philadelphia, PA

 

Residency, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, PA

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clinical interests:

  • Primary care and preventive medicine
  • Women's health
  • Obesity prevention and treatment

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board certification(s):

 

American Board of Internal Medicine, 2005

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professional affiliations:

  • American College of Physicians
  • Society of General Internal Medicine
  • The Obesity Society

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research interests:

  • Health communication
  • Colorectal cancer screening
  • Obesity - health risk knowledge
  • Obesity - perceptions and motivators of weight loss

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PUBMED PUBLICATIONS :


Recent Medically Related Publications, Obtained from PubMed (Click on PubMed ID to view abstract)

19277791. Ward SH, Gray AM, Paranjape A, African Americans' perceptions of physician attempts to address obesity in the primary care setting. J Gen Intern Med 24:5(579-84)2009 May

18595582. Ward SH, Lin K, Meyer B, Bass SB, Parameswaran L, Gordon TF, Ruzek SB, Increasing colorectal cancer screening among African Americans, linking risk perception to interventions targeting patients, communities and clinicians. J Natl Med Assoc 100:6(748-58)2008 Jun

Ward SH, Ward LD.  Insomnia:  Evaluation and treatment in a primary care setting.  Patient Care 2006; 40(7): 46-55.

 

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