Dr. Catherine Takacs Witkop M.D., M.P.H.
Preventative Medicine Specialist | Public Health & General Preventive Medicine
13704 Middlevale Ln Silver Spring MD, 20906About
Catherine Witkop is a preventative medicine specialist practicing in Bethesda, MD. Witkop 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, Witkop 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.
Board Certification
Obstetrics and GynecologyAmerican Board of Obstetrics and GynecologyABOG
Preventative MedicineAmerican Board of Preventative MedicineABPM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Natural history of fetal position during pregnancy and risk of nonvertex delivery.
- Use of metformin in polycystic ovary syndrome: a meta-analysis.
- Benefits and risks of oral diabetes agents compared with insulin in women with gestational diabetes: a systematic review.
- Folic acid supplementation for the prevention of neural tube defects: an update of the evidence for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.
- New prescription drug labeling regulations and the demise of "the letter".
- Understanding the spectrum of the female athlete triad.
- Norovirus outbreak associated with person-to-person transmission, U.S. Air Force
- Evaluation of medical journal web sites.
- Screening for sickle-cell trait at accession to the United States military.
- Disparities in receipt of a laparoscopic operation for ectopic pregnancy among TRICARE beneficiaries.
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