Leslie Douglas-Churchwell
Internist
800 Howard Ave New Haven CT, 06519About
Leslie Douglas-Churchwell, MD, FACP, is an established internal medicine physician with Yale Internal Medicine Associates in New Haven, CT. As an internist, she specializes in the diagnosis and medical (nonsurgical) treatment of adults. Featuring thirty years of experience, Dr. Douglas-Churchwell is also an Associate Professor with Yale School of Medicine and an affiliated internist with Yale New Haven Hospital. She is also educating women about heart disease - a pervasive, silent killer. Her interests include women's health, preventive medicine, and cardiovascular disease. Prior to her current endeavors, she served as an internist with Nashville Medical Group in Nashville, TN.
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Education and Training
University of Pittsburgh
Board Certification
Internal Medicine
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Professional Memberships
- Tennessee Women’s Association
- American Heart Association
Internships
- Emory University
Professional Society Memberships
- Fellow of The American College of Physicians, Tennessee Women\'s Association
What do you attribute your success to?
Hard Work, Patient Care and a Passion for the Field
Hobbies / Sports
- Reading, Traveling
Favorite professional publications
- New England Journal of Medicine
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Get to know Internist Dr.Leslie Douglas-Churchwell, who serves the population of Connecticut.
Dr. Douglas-Churchwell is an internist who owns and operates her own private clinic in Nashville, Tennessee. She is additionally affiliated with Baptist Hospital and has over nineteen years of experience in her field.
Dr. Douglas-Churchwell was educated at the University of Pittsburgh and continued her studies with an internship and residency at Emory University in Atlanta. She serves as a fellow of the American College of Physicians and is a professional member of the Tennessee Women’s Association, which allows her to stay up-to-date on developments in her field.
She attributes her success to her hard work, her dedicated patient care, and her passion for the medical field. When she is not seeing patients, she enjoys reading, traveling, and spending time with her friends and family members.
Internal Medicine is the medical specialty dealing with the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of adult diseases. Internists are skilled in the management of patients who have undifferentiated or multi-system disease processes. They care for hospitalized and ambulatory patients and may play a major role in education and research.
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