Dr. Joel Anderson Smithwick MD
Preventative Medicine Specialist | Preventive Medicine/Occupational Environmental Medicine
350 Crag Rd Panama City Beach FL, 32407About
Joel Smithwick is a preventative medicine specialist practicing in Panama City Beach, FL. Smithwick 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, Smithwick 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
Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine 1991
Board Certification
Preventative MedicineAmerican Board of Preventative MedicineABPM
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