Joel Adam Alpern MD

Assistant Professor, Medicine, University of California Los Angeles David Geffen SOM

168 N Brent StSte 404Ventura, CA 93003
Phone+1 805-641-6525

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Education & Training

UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterFellowship, Gastroenterology, 2008 - 2011
Emory University School of MedicineResidency, Internal Medicine, 2004 - 2007
Northwestern University The Feinberg School of MedicineClass of 2004

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Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 2008 - 2027
HI State Medical License 2007 - 2010
GA State Medical License 2007 - 2009
American Board of Internal Medicine Gastroenterology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification MEDSEEK Empower, SymphonyCare, LLC, 2015-2016
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification dbMotion, Allscripts, 2015-2016
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Allscripts Enterprise EHR, Allscripts, 2015-2016

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

10 citations
Access to primary care is associated with better autoimmune hepatitis outcomes in an urban county hospital
Daniel Kim, Daniel Eshtiaghpour, Joel Alpern, Anuj Datta, Viktor E. Eysselein
BMC Gastroenterology. 2015-07-28
201 citations
Invasive Escherichia coli are a feature of Crohn's disease
Maiko Sasaki, S Sitaraman, Brian A. Babbin, Peter Gerner-Smidt, Efrain M. Ribot
Laboratory Investigation; a Journal of Technical Methods and Pathology. 2007-07-30

Other Languages

Spanish, Portuguese

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