Dr. Paul Henry Farrier M.D.
Preventative Medicine Specialist | Occupational Medicine
Schiffert Health Center Virginia Tech Blacksburg VA, 24061About
Paul Farrier is a preventative medicine specialist practicing in Blacksburg, VA. Farrier 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, Farrier 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.
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University of Virginia School of Medicine
Board Certification
Preventative MedicineAmerican Board of Preventative MedicineABPM
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