JohnRWheatMD

Physician

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Office
850 5th Ave E
Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
Phone+1 205-348-2886

Fax+1 205-348-2889

University of North Carolina School of Public HealthPreventive Medicine, 1983 - 1985
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester)Residency, Internal Medicine, 1981 - 1983
University of North Carolina Chapel HillMPH, Health Administration, 1980 - 1981
Naval Medical Center (San Diego)Internship, Internal Medicine, 1976 - 1977
University of Alabama School of MedicineClass of 1976

AL State Medical License 1979 - 2024
NC State Medical License 1980 - 1992
TN State Medical License 1986 - 1991
MN State Medical License 1981 - 1983
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Preventive Medicine Occupational Medicine
American Board of Preventive Medicine Public Health & General Preventive Medicine

PubMed

Journal Articles

Medical education for agricultural health and safety
Wheat JR, Donham KJ, Simpson WM, Journal of Agromedicine, 2002
An introduction to Agromedicine
Wheat JR, Journal of Agromedicine, 2000
Preventive agricultural medicine: a medical student's perspective on an important component of rural community health
Waits JB, Wheat JR, Journal of Agromedicine, 1999
Strategy to overcome urban undertow, an obstacle to rural health development
Wheat JR, Journal of Agromedicine, 1994
Alabama agrimedicine program: rationale, proposal, and supportive study
Wheat JR, Nagy MC, McKnight JT, Anderson RL, Journal of Agromedicine, 1994
Public Health: Yesterday and tomorrow
Wheat JR, McKnight JT, Alabama Medicine 63(2):20,22-3., 1993
Revaluation of medical education: a behavioral model to assess Health Promotion/Disease Prevention instruction
Wheat JR, Killian CD, Melnick DE, Evaluation & the Health Professions, 9/1991
Language discrimination among general physicians: AIDS metaphors used in an AIDS crisis.
Norton RW, Schwartzbaum JA, Wheat JR, Communication Research, 12/1990
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Books/Book Chapters

Manual of Family Practice
Chapter: Occupational Lung Diseases
Page 655 - 660McKnight JT, Wheat JREditors: Taylor RB.Lippincott William & Wilkins, PhiladelphiaEdition 2,2002
Serving Children and Families Through Community-University Partnerships
Chapter: The Bibb County Child Caring Foundation (BCCCF): a story that needs to be shared
Page 21 - 25Esser-Stuart JE, Judd AH, Palmer TM, Wheat JREditors: Chibucos TR, Lerner RM.Springer, NYEdition 1,1999
Partnerships in Healthcare: Transforming Relational Process
Chapter: Rural Alabama Health Alliance (RAHA): a strategic partnership for rural health development
Page 245 - 258Wheat JR, Curry WAEditors: Suchman AL, Botelho RJ, Hinton-Walker P.Rochester University Press, Rochester NYEdition 1,1998

Other

Fayette County Medicine: A History of Quality Health Care in Rural Alabama
Reed H-author; Wheat JR-editor, Self Published/Lulu Publishing Serv; ISBN: 978-1-4834-1582-6 (hc)x
Fayette, AL - 2014
Advice from our experts: What entices young students to work in rural America?
Wheat JR, Carpenter L, Rural Roads (NRHA magazine) 6(3):45
NRHA Rural Roads Archive at https://www.ruralhealth.us - 2008