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Office
1251B Saratoga Ave NE
Washington, DC 20018Phone+1 202-469-4699Fax+1 301-215-4499
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 CampusResidency, Family Medicine, 2009 - 2012
- Howard University College of MedicineClass of 2009
- Columbia University Mailman School of Public HealthMPH, Epidemiology, NIH Research Training Fellowship, 2002 - 2004
- Colgate UniversityBA, Physics, Cum Laude, 1995 - 1999
- University of Wales, CardiffSemester Abroad, Natural Science, 1998 - 1998
Certifications & Licensure
- FL State Medical License 2020 - Present
- RI State Medical License 2022 - 2026
- MT State Medical License 2022 - 2026
- ND State Medical License 2022 - 2026
- NH State Medical License 2022 - 2026
- NM State Medical License 2022 - 2026
- MA State Medical License 2023 - 2026
- 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
- 23 citationsScheduled cesarean delivery: maternal and neonatal risks in primiparous women in a community hospital setting.Lieschen H. Quiroz, Howard H. Chang, Joan L. Blomquist, Yvonne K. Okoh, Victoria L. Handa
American Journal of Perinatology. 2009-04-01
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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