Dr. Whitney Charnell Dessio M.D., MPH
Preventative Medicine Specialist | Public Health & General Preventive Medicine
Stony Brook University Medical Ctr Dept Of Preventive M Stony Brook NY, 11794About
Whitney Dessio is a preventative medicine specialist practicing in Stony Brook, NY. Dessio 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, Dessio 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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