Dr. Robert Harold Major MD
Family Practitioner
119 19th St Suite 106 West Des Moines IA, 50265About
Dr. Robert Major is a family practitioner practicing in West Des Moines, IA. Dr. Major 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. Major 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 Md Sch of Med, Baltimore Md 1976
Board Certification
Family MedicineAmerican Board of Family MedicineABFM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Hippocrates and the island of Cos.
- Report on the thirteenth Congress of the International Society of the History of Medicine.
- Edward Holman Skinner; 1881-1953.
- Anaesthesia (early uses of this word).
- Tribute to Dr. Orr.
- Experience in diagnosis.
- How Hippocrates made his diagnoses.
- American medicine in the world today: an historical perspective and reappraisal.
- CL Galen.
- GALEN as a neurologist.
- [HIPPOCRATES and neurology].
- THE KNIGHTS OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM.
- THERAPEUTICS 16 B.C.--1965 A.D. AGELESS REMEDIES--A HISTORICAL REMINDER.
- Decisive books in medical progress.
- Some important books in medicine.
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