Dr. Karen Shockley MD
Preventative Medicine Specialist | Preventive Medicine/Occupational Environmental Medicine
5000 Manchester Ave Saint Louis MO, 63110About
Karen Shockley is a preventative medicine specialist practicing in Saint Louis, MO. Shockley 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, Shockley 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 New Mexico School of Medicine 1979
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