Dr. Stephen Vanpelt MD
Preventative Medicine Specialist | Sports Medicine
900 Hyde Street Center For Sports Me San Francisco CA, 94109About
Stephen Vanpelt is a preventative medicine specialist practicing in San Francisco, CA. Vanpelt 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, Vanpelt 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
Emory University School Of Medicine 1976
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- General Surgery
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