Dr. James Bernard Becker MD
Preventative Medicine Specialist | Occupational Medicine
1600 Medical Center Dr Suite 1500 Huntington WV, 25701About
James Becker is a preventative medicine specialist practicing in Huntington, WV. Becker 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, Becker 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
Marshall Univ Sch of Med, Huntington Wv 1993
Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine 1993
Board Certification
Family MedicineAmerican Board of Family MedicineABFM
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