Dr. Edward Scott Hurd DO, MPH, MBA
Preventative Medicine Specialist | Preventive Medicine/Occupational Environmental Medicine
620 John Paul Jones Cir Department Of Urolog Portsmouth VA, 23708About
Edward Hurd is a preventative medicine specialist practicing in Portsmouth, VA. Hurd 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, Hurd 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
A.T. Still University of Health Sciences Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine 2003
Board Certification
Preventative MedicineAmerican Board of Preventative MedicineABPM
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