Dr. Karin Michels-Ashwood MD, Internist
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Dr. Karin Michels-Ashwood MD

Internist

1/5(3)
982 East Main Street Bridgeport Connecticut, 06608
Rating

1/5

About

Karin Michels-Ashwood, MD, is Chief Medical Officer at Optimus Healthcare Inc. in Bridgeport, Connecticut.  Optimus was previously called Bridgeport Community Health Center and serves as the largest primary healthcare service in Southwestern Connecticut.  Dr. Michels-Ashwood specializes in management of hypertension and diabetes.  She also has hospital privileges at Yale New Haven and Sloan Bridgeport hospitals in CT.  In addition to her medical career, Dr. Michels-Ashwood is an Assistant Clinical Professor at the prestigious Yale Medical School and works for the physician assistant program at Quinnipiac University. 

Education and Training

SUNY Downstate Medical Center

State University of New York Downstate College of Medicine MD

State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine 1987

Board Certification

American Board of Internal Medicine - Internal Medicine

Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM

Provider Details

Male Spanish 37 years of experience

Areas of expertise and specialization

Hypertension and Diabetes

Faculty Titles & Positions

  • Teaches at Yale Medical School as an Assistant Clinical Professor -
  • Teaches at Quinnipiac University in the PA Program -

Treatments

  • Diabetes
  • High Cholesterol
  • Obesity
  • Pregnancy
  • Type 2 Diabetes
  • Pain
  • Ringworm
  • H. Pylori
  • Vascular Disease
  • Strep Throat

Internships

  • Long Island College Hospital

Professional Society Memberships

  • New Haven County Medical Association, American College of Physicians

What do you attribute your success to?

  • Hard work, Perseverance, Mentors along the way, Dedication to patient care, Serving the underprivileged population

Hobbies / Sports

  • Traveling, Cooking

Favorite professional publications

  • New England Journal of Medicine

Dr. Karin Michels-Ashwood MD's Practice location

982 East Main Street -
Bridgeport, Connecticut 06608
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64 BLACK ROCK AVE -
BRIDGEPORT, CT 06605
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New patients: 203-579-5000
Fax: 203-579-5113

Practice At 428 Columbus Ave

428 Columbus Ave -
New Haven, CT 06519
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New patients: 203-773-1134
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