Family & Community Medicine

Robert Ferrer, MD, MPH

Email: ferrerR@uthscsa.edu
Phone: 210-358-3930

Faculty/Administrative Position: Associate Professor, Deputy Chair and Director of Research

Interests: Socioeconomic position and health; Primary care impact on population health

MD: Hahnemann University Residency: Duke University
Research Fellowship and M.P.H. University of Washington.

Select Awards:

Alpha Omega Alpha

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Generalist Physician Faculty Scholar

NAPCRG 28th Annual Meeting Distinguished Paper Award, 200

Select Publications:

  1. Ferrer RL, Hambidge SJ, Maly RC. The essential role of generalists in health care systems. Annals of Internal Medicine 2005;142:691-699. Read Article.
  2. Ferrer RL, Palmer R, Burge S. The family contribution to individual health status: a population-level estimate. Annals of Family Medicine 2005;3:102-108. Read Article.
  3. Ferrer RL. Within the system of no-system. JAMA. 2001;286:2513-14. (Anthologized in Health Care eNotes http://www.enotes.com/health-care-article/45431). Read Article.

Editorial work: Reviewer

  • Journal of Family Practice
  • Journal of the American Board of Family Practice
  • Family Medicine
  • American Family Physician
  • Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
  • American Journal of Preventive Medicine
  • Lancet

National Appointments or Offices held:

  • Summer Institute on Evidence-Based Practice, Program Committee 2002-2006, Co-Chair 2004-2006.

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Phone: (210) 567-4550
Fax: (210) 567-4579

 

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