LouiseSAchesonMD

Family Medicine • Cleveland, OH

Geriatric Medicine, Hospital Medicine/Hospitalist

Professor, Family Medicine & Community Health, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

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Office
11100 Euclid Ave
Cleveland, OH 44106
Phone+1 216-844-3944

Fax+1 216-286-6341

Education & Training

University of WashingtonResidency, Family Medicine, 1976 - 1979
Harvard Medical SchoolClass of 1976

Certifications & Licensure

OH State Medical License 1984 - 2025
WA State Medical License 1977 - 1985
American Board of Family Medicine Family Medicine

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Regional Top Doctor Castle Connolly, 2014

Clinical Trials

Evaluating Tools for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Start of enrollment: 2005 Sep 01
Completed
Phase 1

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

105 citations
Effect of Preventive Messages Tailored to Family History on Health Behaviors: The Family Healthware Impact Trial
Mack T. Ruffin, Donald E. Nease, Ananda Sen, Wilson D. Pace, Catharine Wang
Annals of Family Medicine. 2011-01-01
41 citations
Association of common genetic variants in SMAD7 and risk of colon cancer
Cheryl L. Thompson, Sarah J. Plummer, Louise S. Acheson, Thomas C. Tucker, Graham Casey
Carcinogenesis. 2009-06-01
98 citations
Comparison of risk perceptions and beliefs across common chronic diseases
Catharine Wang, Suzanne M. O'Neill, Nan E. Rothrock, Robert Gramling, Ananda Sen
Preventive Medicine. 2009-02-01

Press Mentions

Question 2: Improvement of Family History Collection by Primary Care Professionals Through the Use of Forms and Tools ...................................................................................... 52June 28th, 2007

Grant Support

Web-Based Family History Screening For Hereditary Breast Cancer RiskNational Cancer Institute2007–2008
The 'Great'System To Identify Familial Cancer RiskNational Cancer Institute2000–2005