Dr. Michael B. Potter M.D.
Family Practitioner
1569 Sloat Blvd Suite 333 San Francisco CA, 94143About
Dr. Michael Potter is a family physician who sees patients at the UCSF Family Medicine Center at Lakeshore. He cares for children and adults of all ages. In his research at the University of Californi ...
Education and Training
Harvard Med Sch, Boston Ma 1990
Board Certification
Family MedicineAmerican Board of Family MedicineABFM
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Dimensions of patient-provider communication and diabetes self-care in an ethnically diverse population.
- Health insurance status, cost-related medication underuse, and outcomes among diabetes patients in three systems of care.
- NSAIDs alone or with opioids as therapy for cancer pain.
- Aged men experience disturbances in recovery following submaximal exercise.
- Opioids for management of breakthrough pain in cancer patients.
- Standardized colonoscopy reporting and data system: report of the Quality Assurance Task Group of the National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable.
- Counseling women about mammography: benefits vs. harms.
- New screening guidelines for colorectal cancer: a practical guide for the primary care physician.
- Comparative effectiveness of two pharmacy-based colorectal cancer screening interventions during an annual influenza vaccination campaign.
- The FLU-FOBT Program in community clinics: durable benefits of a randomized controlled trial.
- Strategies and resources to address colorectal cancer screening rates and disparities in the United States and globally.
- Strategies for expanding colorectal cancer screening at community health centers.
- Strategies for expanding colorectal cancer screening at community health centers.
- Cultivating a cycle of trust with diverse communities in practice-based research: a report from PRIME Net.
- Awareness of intraoperative floppy-iris syndrome among primary care physicians.
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