Dr. Stephen Paul Fortmann M.D.
Internist
3800 N Interstate Ave Portland OR, 97227About
Dr. Stephen Fortmann is an internist practicing in Stanford, CA. Dr. Fortmann specializes in the medical treatment of adults. Internists can act as a primary physician or a consultant to a primary physician. They manage both common and rare diseases. Dr. Fortmann provides comprehensive care and manages treatment with surgeons as well. Internists establish long-term relationships with their patients and incorporate disease prevention and mental health care into their practice.
Education and Training
Univ of Ca, San Francisco, Sch of Med, San Francisco Ca 1974
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The capacity-building approach to intervention maintenance implemented by the Stanford Five-City Project.
- The interplay of socioeconomic status and ethnicity on Hispanic and white men's cardiovascular disease risk and health communication patterns.
- The relationship between tobacco access and use among adolescents: a four community study.
- Do heavy smokers benefit from higher dose nicotine patch therapy?
- Quitting chew: results from a randomized trial using nicotine patches.
- Primordial prevention of cardiovascular disease risk factors: panel summary.
- Population frequency distribution of non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey [NHANES III], 1988-1994).
- Effects of a community-wide health education program on cardiovascular disease morbidity and mortality: the Stanford Five-City Project.
- Population frequency distributions of HDL, HDL(2), and HDL(3) cholesterol and apolipoproteins A-I and B in healthy men and women and associations with age, gender, hormonal status, and sex hormone use: the Stanford Five City Project.
- Associations of HDL, HDL(2), and HDL(3) cholesterol and apolipoproteins A-I and B with lifestyle factors in healthy women and men: the Stanford Five City Project.
- Nicotine patch and paroxetine for smoking cessation.
- Trends and disparities in coronary heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in the United States: findings of the national conference on cardiovascular disease prevention.
- Trends in cigarette smoking in 36 populations from the early 1980s to the mid-1990s: findings from the WHO MONICA Project.
- An MTHFR variant, homocysteine, and cardiovascular comorbidity in renal disease.
- Abortion and medicine.
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