Dr. Leroi S. Hicks MD, MPH
Hospitalist
75 Francis St Tr5 509a Brigham And Boston MA, 02115About
Dr. Leroi Hicks is a hospitalist practicing in Boston, MA. Dr. Hicks specializes in the comprehensive medical care of hospitalized patients. As a hospitalist, Dr. Hicks manages the clinical problems of hospitalized patients and the acutely ill, while working to improve the performance of the hospital. Dr. Hicks works in collaboration with all of the different doctors that are working with the patient. Hospitalists are involved in the diagnosis, treatment and medical procedures of patients.
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Experiences with hospital care: perspectives of black and Hispanic patients.
- Lifestyle modification counseling for hypertensive patients: results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999-2004.
- Differences in specialist consultations for cardiovascular disease by race, ethnicity, gender, insurance status, and site of primary care.
- Strategies to improve chronic disease management in seven metro Boston community health centers.
- Disparities in adherence to hypertensive care in urban ambulatory settings.
- Perspectives of non-Hispanic Black and Latino patients in Boston's urban community health centers on their experiences with diabetes and hypertension.
- Strategies to improve chronic disease management in seven metro Boston community health centers.
- Sources of health information related to preventive health behaviors in a national study.
- Insurance status and hospital care for myocardial infarction, stroke, and
- Racial and gender disparities in implantable cardioverter-defibrillator placement: are they due to overuse or underuse?
- Health behaviors and racial disparity in blood pressure control in the national health and nutrition examination survey.
- Publication of recruitment methods in focus group research of minority populations with chronic disease: a systematic review.
- Electronic health records, clinical decision support, and blood pressure control.
- Health disparities and the criminal justice system: an agenda for further research and action.
- Cardiovascular disease and risk in primary care settings in the United States.
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