Dr. James Robert Garb M.D.
Preventative Medicine Specialist | Preventive Medicine/Occupational Environmental Medicine
11 Kingsbury Way Yarmouth Port MA, 02675About
James Garb is a preventative medicine specialist practicing in Yarmouth Port, MA. Garb 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, Garb 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 Pa Sch of Med, Philadelphia Pa 1973
Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania 1973
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania 1973
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
Preventative MedicineAmerican Board of Preventative MedicineABPM
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