Ronald Mark Epstein, M.D.

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1381 South Avenue
Rochester, NY 14620

Fax: 585 279-4705

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Current Appointments

Board Certifications
Infection Control Certification 2005
Neonatal Advanced Life Support 2001
Human Subjects Protection Program #12571004 1999 - 2007
Child Abuse Training Course 1995
Board Certification: American Board of Family Medicine 1989 - 2010
Education
MD Medicine Harvard Medical School 1984
BA Arts & Sciences Wesleyan University 1976
Pre-Medical Studies Columbia University Attended: 1980
Post-Doctoral Training & Residency
Facilitator Training Program, American Academy on Physician and Patient, Baltimore, MD 1990 - 1993
AIDS Fellow, Department of Family Medicine, University of Rochester 1989 - 1990
Family Therapy Training Program, University of Rochester 1988 - 1990
Fellow, Advanced Clinical Educators Program, Division of Behavioral and Psychosocial Medicine and Department of Medicine, University of Rochester 1988 - 1989
Research Fellow, Department of General Practice, St. Mary's Hospital Medical School, London, England 1988 - 1988
University of Rochester/Highland Hospital Family Medicine Residency Training Program 1984 - 1987
Awards and Honors
Best Doctors in America 1998 - Present
Society of General Internal Medicine, "Best Published Research Paper of the Year Award", for "Influence of Patients' Requests for Direct-to-Consumer Advertised Antidepressants: A Randomized Controlled Trial 2006
Academy Health, "Article of the Year Award", for "Influence of Patients' Requests for Direct-to-Consumer Advertised Antidepressants: A Randomized Controlled Trial 2006
Koppaka Family Foundation Visiting Lectureship on Doctor-Patient Relationship, University of Virginia 2005
Humanism in Medicine Award, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Association of American Medical Colleges nominee 2004
Fulbright Senior Scholar Award in Public/Global Health, University of Córdoba, Spain 2004
Pfizer-American Academy of Family Physicians Foundation Visiting Professorship, University of California, San Diego 2003
Koppaka Family Foundation Visiting Lectureship on Doctor-Patient Relationship, Oregon Health Sciences University 2003
Fulbright Senior Lecturers Award, Institute for Health Studies, Barcelona, Spain ($22,000) 1997 - 1998
George L. Engel and John Romano Dean's Teaching Scholar, URSMD, Rochester ($15,000) 1995 - 1998
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Generalist Physician Faculty Scholars Program, "Clinical Communication and HIV Disease" ($240,000) 1994 - 1998
Volunteer of the Year Award-Volunteers of America, Rochester, NY 1991
Best Workshop, STFM Northeast Regional Meeting, Hershey, PA for "An Integrated Approach to the Management of Chronic Pain in Primary Care 1989