Dr. Leila Catherine Kahwati MD, MPH
Preventative Medicine Specialist | Public Health & General Preventive Medicine
508 Fulton St Durham Vamc Durham NC, 27705About
Leila Kahwati is a preventative medicine specialist practicing in Durham, NC. Kahwati 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, Kahwati 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
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine 1996
Board Certification
Family MedicineAmerican Board of Family MedicineABFM
Preventative MedicineAmerican Board of Preventative MedicineABPM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The practice of quality: incorporating high-yield strategies into the daily reality of medical practice.
- What is the best way to diagnose menopause?
- Pelvic examination.
- The effectiveness of worksite nutrition and physical activity interventions for controlling employee overweight and obesity: a systematic review.
- Demand for weight loss counseling after copayment elimination.
- Training veterans to provide peer support in a weight-management program: MOVE!
- Using qualitative comparative analysis to understand and quantify translation and implementation.
- Medication therapy management interventions in outpatient settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
- AHRQ series on complex intervention systematic reviews-paper 4: selecting analytic approaches.
- Quality improvement, implementation, and dissemination strategies to improve mental health care for children and adolescents: a systematic review.
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