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Yvonne Okoh, MD, Family Medicine, Chevy Chase, MD

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Family Medicine • Chevy Chase, MD

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Summary

  • I am a board certified family medicine physician with an analytical background and an MPH focusing on reproductive epidemiology and maternal mortality reduction in sub Saharan Africa and the United States. I am a child health advocate and chaired an organization-wide task force to improve childhood vaccination rates at Unity Health Care, Washington, DC’s largest healthcare provider to the underserved.

    I am writing my first television sitcom series.

Education & Training

  • Inova Fairfax Medical Campus
    Inova Fairfax Medical CampusResidency, Family Medicine, 2009 - 2012
  • Howard University College of Medicine
    Howard University College of MedicineClass of 2009
  • Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
    Columbia University Mailman School of Public HealthMPH, Epidemiology, NIH Research Training Fellowship, 2002 - 2004
  • Colgate University
    Colgate UniversityBA, Physics, Cum Laude, 1995 - 1999
  • University of Wales, Cardiff
    University of Wales, CardiffSemester Abroad, Natural Science, 1998 - 1998

Certifications & Licensure

  • FL State Medical License
    FL State Medical License 2020 - Present
  • NM State Medical License
    NM State Medical License 2022 - 2026
  • HI State Medical License
    HI State Medical License 2022 - 2026
  • IL State Medical License
    IL State Medical License 2021 - 2026
  • KY State Medical License
    KY State Medical License 2022 - 2025
  • TN State Medical License
    TN State Medical License 2022 - 2025
  • MO State Medical License
    MO State Medical License 2022 - 2025
  • American Board of Family Medicine Family Medicine
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Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Resident Award for Scholarship North American Primary Care Research Group (NPCRG), 2012

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Scheduled Cesarean Delivery: maternal and neonatal risks in primiparous women in a community hospital setting.  
    Quiroz L, Chang H, Okoh Y, Blomquist J, Handa V., American Journal of Perinatology, 4/2009

Abstracts/Posters

  • Cervical cancer screening in rural Honduras: Incidence of positive VIAs in a medical brigade clinic in Pinares.
    Okoh Y, Liaw W, Bazemore A., American Academy of Family Physicians Global Health Workshop., San Diego, CA, 2011
  • Pregnancy-related mortality in the United States: Ethnic disparities between African-Americans and Hispanic-Americans, 1993-1997.
    Okoh Y, Chang J, Elam-Evans L., CDC Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Conference, Phoenix, AZ, 12/2003

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