Dr. Joan D Shapiro M.D.
Preventative Medicine Specialist | Occupational Medicine
8700 Central Ave Hyattsville MD, 20785About
Joan Shapiro is a preventative medicine specialist practicing in Hyattsville, MD. Shapiro 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, Shapiro 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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Oxford University Med. School 1977
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