Joshua J. Fenton MD MPH
Professor, Family & Community Medicine, UC, Davis School of Medicine
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4860 Y StAcc 1600Sacramento, CA 95817
Phone+1 916-734-3630
Fax+1 916-734-5550
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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
- Association of opioid tapering with pain-related emergency department visits, hospitalizations, and primary care visits: a retrospective cohort study.Elizabeth Magnan, Daniel J Tancredi, Guibo Xing, Alicia Agnoli, I E Tseregounis
Pain Medicine. 2025-04-01 - Music intervention associated with improved quality of life in patients with breast cancer after mastectomy.Grace P Amadi, Joshua J Fenton
Evidence-Based Nursing. 2025-01-13 - 2 citationsStandardized Patient Communication and Low-Value Spinal Imaging: A Randomized Clinical Trial.Joshua J Fenton, Camille Cipri, Melissa Gosdin, Daniel J Tancredi, Anthony Jerant
JAMA Network Open. 2024-11-04
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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Grant Support
- CE24-012 - Rigorous Evaluation of California Policies to Disseminate Emergency Department-based Services for Opioid Use DisorderUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS2024–2027
- RFA-CE-22-011: Patterns and trajectories associated with overdose in patients co-prescribed opioids and benzodiazepinesUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS2022–2025
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