Dr. Martin Walter Durkin M.D.
Preventative Medicine Specialist | Occupational Medicine
6439 Garners Ferry Rd Columbia SC, 29209About
Martin Durkin is a preventative medicine specialist practicing in Columbia, SC. Durkin specializes in the health of individuals, communities, and particular populations, focusing on how to protect and maintain health as well as prevent disease and dangers. As a preventative health specialist, Durkin participates in the planning and evaluation of health services, researches diseases in specific populations and helps manage health care organizations. Preventative medicine specialists can specialize further in aerospace medicine, occupational medicine, or public health and general preventive medicine.
Education and Training
Loma Linda University School of Medicine 1973
Board Certification
Preventative MedicineAmerican Board of Preventative MedicineABPM
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Comparison of physical activity levels in physicians and medical students with the general adult population of the United States.
- Diabetic ketoalkalosis in children and adults.
- "Moving and losing": A pilot study incorporating physical activity to decrease obesity in the pediatric population.
- Starting dialysis at eGFR >5 ml/min per1.73 m(2): are we barking up the wrong tree?
- Comparative efficacy of CPAP, MADs, exercise-training, and dietary weight loss for sleep apnea: a network meta-analysis.
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