Dr. Ruth Bishop DO
Preventative Medicine Specialist | Occupational Medicine
16850 Se 272nd St Kent WA, 98042About
Ruth Bishop is a preventative medicine specialist practicing in Kent, WA. Bishop specializes in the health of individuals, communities, and particular populations, focusing on how to protect and maintain health as well as prevent disease and dangers. As a preventative health specialist, Bishop participates in the planning and evaluation of health services, researches diseases in specific populations and helps manage health care organizations. Preventative medicine specialists can specialize further in aerospace medicine, occupational medicine, or public health and general preventive medicine.
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Univ of New England, Coll of Osteo Med, Biddeford Me 1982
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