Dr. Barbara Anne Etheridge M.D.

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Get to know Family Medicine Physician Dr. Barbara Anne Etheridge, who serves the population of Somerset, New Jersey. Dr. Etheridge is an exceptionally experienced family medicine physician with a vast expertise in all facets of her work. Dr. Etheridge has been in practice fourteen years and is currently serving patients at Etheridge Family Medicine LLC in Somerset, New Jersey She is also on staff at Robert Johnson University Hospital Hamilton in Hamilton, Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch, and Saint Peter’s University Hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Dr. Etheridge graduated in 1995 from Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She completed her residency at JFK Medical Center in Edison, New Jersey, and attained certification in family medicine with the prestigious American Board of Family Medicine. Dr. Etheridge was voted one of New Jersey Top Doctors in 2011 and 2012. She credits her success to patient care and passion for the field and dedicates her spare time to photography and traveling. Family medicine is the medical specialty which provides continuing, comprehensive health care for the individual and family. It is a specialty in breadth that integrates the biological, clinical and behavioral sciences. The scope of family medicine encompasses all ages, both sexes, each organ system and every disease entity.

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