Dr. David Hinton Thom MD
Family Practitioner
1001 Potrero Ave Bldg 80 Ward 83 San Francisco CA, 94110About
Dr. David Thom is a family practitioner practicing in San Francisco, CA. Dr. Thom specializes in comprehensive health care for people of all ages. In addition to diagnosing and treating illnesses, family practitioners also put focus on preventative care with routine checkups, tests and personalized coaching on how to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Dr. Thom possesses immense general knowledge on maintaining health and today, family practitioners provide more care for the underserved and rural populations than any other medical specialty.
Education and Training
Univ of Ca, San Diego, Sch of Med, La Jolla Ca 1983
University of California 1983
Board Certification
Family MedicineAmerican Board of Family MedicineABFM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- An intervention to increase patients' trust in their physicians. Stanford Trust Study Physician Group.
- Differences in socioeconomic status and survival among white and black men with prostate cancer.
- Hysterectomy and urinary incontinence: a systematic review.
- Training physicians to increase patient trust.
- Physician behaviors that predict patient trust.
- Cost of pelvic organ prolapse surgery in the United States.
- Antibiotic use and occlusive stroke: weighing a negative result.
- Pelvic organ prolapse surgery in the United States, 1997.
- C-reactive protein, Helicobacter pylori, Chlamydia pneumoniae, cytomegalovirus and risk for myocardial infarction.
- Proceedings of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney
- Direct observation of requests for clinical services in office practice: what do patients want and do they get it?
- Measuring patients' trust in physicians when assessing quality of care.
- Childhood urinary symptoms predict adult overactive bladder symptoms.
- Sexual activity and function in middle-aged and older women.
- Development and evaluation of a cultural competency training curriculum.
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