Dr. Ruth L Light MD
Preventative Medicine Specialist | Occupational Medicine
41 Germantown Rd Danbury CT, 06810About
Ruth Light is a preventative medicine specialist practicing in Danbury, CT. Light 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, Light 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.
Education and Training
Univ of Ca, San Francisco, Sch of Med, San Francisco Ca 1978
Board Certification
Preventative MedicineAmerican Board of Preventative MedicineABPM
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