JoshuaJ.FentonMDMPH
Family Medicine • Sacramento, CAProfessor, Family & Community Medicine, UC, Davis School of Medicine
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Office
4860 Y St
Acc 1600
Sacramento, CA 95817Phone+1 916-734-3630Fax+1 916-734-5550
Education & Training
University of WashingtonFellowship, 2002 - 2004
University of California (San Francisco)Residency, Family Medicine, 1996 - 1999- University of California San Francisco School of MedicineClass of 1996
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 1997 - 2025
WA State Medical License 2002 - 2007- American Board of Family Medicine Family Medicine
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2011-2012
Clinical Trials
- Promoting Patient-Centered Counseling to Reduce Inappropriate Diagnostic Tests Start of enrollment: 2013 Apr 01
- Watchful Waiting as a Strategy for Reducing Low-value Spinal Imaging Start of enrollment: 2020 Oct 21
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 34 citationsVariation in reported safety of lumbar interbody fusion: influence of industrial sponsorship and other study characteristics.Joshua J. Fenton, Sohail K. Mirza, Amnon Lahad, Benjamin D. Stern, Richard A. Deyo
Spine. 2007-02-15 - 332 citationsProstate-Specific Antigen-Based Screening for Prostate Cancer: Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force.Joshua J. Fenton, Meghan S Weyrich, Shauna Durbin, Yu Liu, Heejung Bang
JAMA. 2018-05-08 - 19 citationsOsteoporosis Overtreatment in a Regional Health Care SystemJoshua J. Fenton, John A Robbins, Anna Lee D. Amarnath, Peter Franks
JAMA Internal Medicine. 2016-03-01
Journal Articles
- Patient Characteristics Associated with Making Requests During Primary Care VisitsJoshua J Fenton, Anthony Jerant, Richard L Kravitz, Elizabeth M Magnan, Journal of The American Board of Family Medicine
Press Mentions
Effort to Stop Primary Care Providers from Ordering Low-Value Imaging Hits Brick WallNovember 7th, 2024- CDC Grant to Study Risks of Combined Use of Opioids and ‘Benzos’September 28th, 2022
- Opioid Tapering Tied to Overdose, Withdrawal, Mental Health Risks for up to Two YearsJune 29th, 2022
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