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Whitney Dessio, MD, Preventive Medicine, Bronx, NY, Montefiore Medical Center

WhitneyCharnellDessioMD, MPH, CWSP(She/Her)

Preventive Medicine Bronx, NY

Public Health & General Preventive Medicine

Skin/Wound Care Specialist, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Family Medicine

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Education & Training

  • Stony Brook Medicine/University Hospital Public Health and General Preventive Medicine
    Stony Brook Medicine/University Hospital Public Health and General Preventive MedicineResidency, Public Health and General Preventive Medicine, 2011 - 2013
  • Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
    Columbia University Mailman School of Public HealthMPH, 2011 - 2013
  • New York Downtown Hospital
    New York Downtown HospitalResidency, Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2009 - 2010
  • NYU Long Island School of Medicine
    NYU Long Island School of MedicineInternship, Transitional Year, 2007 - 2008
  • Stony Brook University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine
    Stony Brook University Health Sciences Center School of MedicineClass of 2006
  • Columbia University School of General Studies
    Columbia University School of General StudiesBA, Anthropology, 1996 - 2000

Certifications & Licensure

  • CT State Medical License
    CT State Medical License 2019 - 2025
  • NY State Medical License
    NY State Medical License 2008 - 2025
  • NJ State Medical License
    NJ State Medical License 2014 - 2024
  • American Board of Preventive Medicine Public Health & General Preventive Medicine

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • W. Burghardt Turner Doctoral Fellowship Award Stony Brook University Research Foundation, 2002

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • The most common pitfalls in melanoma diagnosis and how to avoid them  
    Marghoob A, …, Dessio W, et al., Australasian Journal of Dermatology, 1/1/2009
  • Dramatic improvement of palmar-plantar erytrhodysesthesia (PPE) with oral prednisone (letter)  
    Jaber R, Dessio W, and S Wu, Ann Oncol, 1/1/2007
  • Religion, spirituality, and healthcare choices of African-American women: Results of a national survey  
    Dessio W, Wade C, Chao M, et al., Ethnicity & Disease, 1/1/2004

Abstracts/Posters

  • Doing away with the death sentence of ovarian cancer: Detection of invasive circulating tumor cells for prediction of metastasis in epithelial ovarian cancer. (Poster)
    Dessio W, Zhao Q, Yang J, et al., American College of Preventive Medicine Conference, 2/1/2013
  • Syringocystadenocarcinoma papilliferum: A case report and immunohistochemistry evaluation. (Poster)
    Dessio W, Turi GK, and Hanna I, American Journal of Clinical Pathology Annual Meeting, 10/1/2008
  • Utilization patterns of complementary and alternative medicine among Chinese immigrant women: Results of a national survey. (Poster)
    Wade C, Chao M, Kronenberg F, Kalmuss D, Cushman L, Dessio W, The 131st Annual Meeting of APHA, 11/15/2003
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Lectures

  • Why the last weeks of pregnancy count. 
    11/1/2011
  • Motivational Interviewing Workshop 

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