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Arnold Schecter, MD, Family Medicine, Louisville, KY

Arnold Joel Schecter MD

Preventive Medicine


Physician

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  • 2361 Valletta Ln# NaLouisville, KY 40205

  • Phone+1 502-822-1021

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Summary

  • I am board certified in Preventive Medicine Public Health and work with chemicals and persons: Both dioxins and Agent Orange as well as related chemicals in the USA and Vietnam and opiate rehabilitation in the USA

Education & Training

  • Harvard Medical School
    Harvard Medical SchoolPost-Doctoral Fellowship, 1962 - 1964
  • Howard University College of Medicine
    Howard University College of MedicineClass of 1962
  • University of Chicago
    University of ChicagoB.S.
  • Columbia University School of Public Health
    Columbia University School of Public HealthM.P.H.

Certifications & Licensure

  • NY State Medical License
    NY State Medical License 1973 - Present
  • KY State Medical License
    KY State Medical License 1969 - 2024
  • NC State Medical License
    NC State Medical License 1998 - 2003
  • NJ State Medical License
    NJ State Medical License 1976 - 1997
  • Public Health
    American Board of Preventive Medicine Public Health

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Who’s Who in the South and Southwest 2005
  • Who's Who in America 1998, 2000-2001
  • Who’s Who in Science and Engineering 1996
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Environmental exposure to PCBs and cancer incidence in eastern Slovakia  
    Pavuk, M., Cerhan, J.R., Lynch, C.F., Schecter, A.J., Petrik, J., Chovancova J., Kocan, A., Chemosphere, 1/1/2004
  • Human consumption of methyleugenol and its elimination from serum  
    Schecter, A.J., Lucier, G.W., Cunningham, M.L., Abdo, K.M. et al., Environmental Health Perspectives, 1/1/2004
  • Response to the Letter to the Editor  
    Schecter, A.J., Quynh, H.T., Pavuk, M., Päpke, O.,Malisch, R., Constable, J.D., Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 1/1/2004
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Books/Book Chapters

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Abstracts/Posters

  • Fine structure studies of the urinary bladder of bufo marinus
    Schecter, A.J., Anatomical Record, 1/1/1965
  • Iron hematozylin and safrarin O staining of epon embedded sections
    Schantz, A., Schecter, A.J., Anatomical Record, 1/1/1965
  • The uptake of electron opaque markers in epithelial and mesothelial cells of the urinary bladder of bufo marinus
    Schantz, A., Schecter, A.J., Journal of Cell Biology, 1/1/1965
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Lectures

  • PBDES in US nursing mother’s milk, food, and electronics: levels and estimated intake by various routes 
    1/1/2004
  • Dioxins and related chemicals from Agent Orange and other sources in Vietnam, 1970-2004 
    1/1/2004
  • PBDes in US milk, blood (1973 and 2003), food, and environmental samples 
    1/1/2004
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Press Mentions

  • Agent Orange Tied to Aggressive Prostate Cancer Risk
    Agent Orange Tied to Aggressive Prostate Cancer RiskMay 13th, 2013
  • Study Shows Agent Orange Contamination of Food in Vietnamese City
    Study Shows Agent Orange Contamination of Food in Vietnamese CityAugust 28th, 2003
  • UTHealth Researchers Find Industrial Chemicals in Food Samples
    UTHealth Researchers Find Industrial Chemicals in Food SamplesJanuary 29th, 2016

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