Dr. William A Alto MD, MPH
Family Practitioner
4 Sheridan Rd Fairfield ME, 04937Rating
5/5
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Dr. William Alto is a family practitioner practicing in Fairfield, ME. Dr. Alto specializes in comprehensive health care for people of all ages. In addition to diagnosing and treating illnesses, family practitioners also put focus on preventative care with routine checkups, tests and personalized coaching on how to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Dr. Alto possesses immense general knowledge on maintaining health and today, family practitioners provide more care for the underserved and rural populations than any other medical specialty.
Education and Training
Univ of Rochester Sch of Med & Dentistry, Rochester Ny 1975
Board Certification
Family MedicineAmerican Board of Family MedicineABFM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Primary health care in Melanesia: problems and potentials.
- Cutaneous and systemic manifestations of mastocytosis.
- Knowledge, attitudes and practices concerning HIV/AIDS among sex workers in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
- Assuring the accuracy of home glucose monitoring.
- Treatment of Hansen's disease.
- Measurement of child mortality in association with a multipurpose birth certificate programme in the Southern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea.
- Human metapneumovirus: a newly described respiratory tract pathogen.
- No need for glycosuria/proteinuria screen in pregnant women.
- Acute rheumatic fever: an update.
- Routine prenatal urine dipstick testing.
- An alternative to unattended delivery--a training programme for village midwives in Papua New Guinea.
- Arrow wound management in Papua New Guinea.
- Are there gender related differences in neonatal abstinence syndrome following exposure to buprenorphine during pregnancy?
- Breastfeeding rates and the relationship between breastfeeding and neonatal abstinence syndrome in women maintained on buprenorphine during pregnancy.
- Abdominal pregnancy.
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