Dr. Richard Birrer MD
Family Practitioner
504 Duck Pond Rd Locust Valley NY, 11560Rating
5/5
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Dr. Richard Birrer is a family practitioner practicing in Locust Valley, NY. Dr. Birrer specializes in comprehensive health care for people of all ages. In addition to diagnosing and treating illnesses, family practitioners also put focus on preventative care with routine checkups, tests and personalized coaching on how to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Dr. Birrer possesses immense general knowledge on maintaining health and today, family practitioners provide more care for the underserved and rural populations than any other medical specialty.
Board Certification
Emergency MedicineAmerican Board of Emergency MedicineABEM
Family MedicineAmerican Board of Family MedicineABFM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Do you know where you are? A look into one hospital's emergency department.
- A chief resident's swan song.
- Tooth aspiration in a six-year-old boy.
- Irritable bowel syndrome.
- The physician leader in health care. What qualities does a doctor need to be an effective organizational leader?
- Becoming a physician executive. To be effective leaders, clinicians must first adopt a new mind-set.
- Hepatocellular carcinoma and hepatitis virus.
- Urban family medicine: lost horizon or last frontier?
- The Special Olympics athlete: evaluation and clearance for participation.
- Strengthening charity care. One Catholic hospital has a method for providing
- Magnesium sulfate used as an adjunct to beta-agonists in acute asthma: a case report.
- Pelvic fracture following karate kick.
- An urban primary school health program.
- The influence of meteorological factors on the occurrence of trauma and motor
- Identifying low-risk patients for bacterial meningitis in adult patients with acute meningitis.
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