Dr. Robert Ball MD
Preventative Medicine Specialist | Preventive Medicine/Occupational Environmental Medicine
National Naval Medical Center Occupational Med Clinic 8901 Wisconsin Ave Bethesda MD, 20889About
Robert Ball is a preventative medicine specialist practicing in Bethesda, MD. Ball 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, Ball 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
Georgetown Univ Sch of Med, Washington Dc 1987
Board Certification
Preventative MedicineAmerican Board of Preventative MedicineABPM
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