Kristen Mertz
Preventative Medicine Specialist | Public Health & General Preventive Medicine
955 Rivermont Dr Pittsburgh PA, 15207About
Kristen Mertz is a preventative medicine specialist practicing in Pittsburgh, PA. Mertz 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, Mertz 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.
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Yale School of Medicine 1987
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