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UC Davis Health System

Joshua J. Fenton, M.D., M.P.H.

Joshua J. Fenton

Philosophy of Care

Dr. Fenton strives to help his patients get the best possible health care - care that is personal, conscientious and grounded in the latest in medical knowledge. He also strives to help his patients navigate through a complicated medical environment that can make it difficult to achieve one's health goals.

Title:

Assistant Professor

Specialty:

Family and Community Medicine

Center/Program Affiliation:

Center for Healthcare Policy and Research , UC Davis Cancer Center

Address:

Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center
4860 Y St., Suite 1600
Sacramento, CA 95817

Phone:

(916) 734-3630

Other Languages:

Spanish

Education:

UC San Francisco School of Medicine
San Francisco, California
M.D. 1996

University of Washington
Seattle, Washington
M.P.H. 2004

UC Berkeley
Berkeley, California
B.A. 1990

Internships:

San Francisco General Hospital/UC San Francisco
San Francisco, California
1996-1997
Family and Community Medicine

Residency:

San Francisco General Hospital/UC San Francisco
San Francisco, California
1997-1999
Family and Community Medicine

Fellowships:

Senior Fellow, Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, University of Washington
Seattle, Washington
2002-2004

Board Certifications:

American Board of Family Medicine, 1999

Professional Memberships:

American Academy of Family Physicians
North American Primary Care Research Group
Society of Teachers of Family Medicine

Select Recent Publications:

Von Korff M, Lin EHB, Fenton JJ, Saunders K. Frequency and priority of pain patients' health care use. Clinical Journal of Pain, 23:400-408, 2007.

Fenton JJ, Taplin SH, Carney PA, Abraham L, Sickles EA, D'Orsi C, Berns EA, Cutter G, Hendrick RE, Barlow WE, Elmore JG. Influence of computer-aided detection on screening mammography performance. New England Journal of Medicine, 356:1399-1409, 2007.

Fenton JJ, Rolnick SJ, Harris EL, Barton MB, Barlow WE, Reisch LM, Herrinton LJ, Geiger AM, Fletcher SW, Elmore JG. Specificity of clinical breast examination in community practice. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 22(3):332-337, 2007.

Fenton JJ, Mirza SK, Lahad A, Stern BD, Deyo RA. Variation in reported safety of lumbar interbody fusion: Influence of industrial sponsorship and other characteristics. Spine, 32(4):471-480, 2007.

Fenton JJ, Cai Y, Weiss NS, Elmore JG, Pardee RE, Reid RJ, Baldwin LM. Delivery of cancer screening: How important is the preventive health exam? Archives of Internal Medicine, 167(6):580-585, 2007.

Fenton JJ, Von Korff M, Lin EHB, Ciechanowski PS, Young BA. Quality of preventive care for diabetes: Effects of visit frequency and competing demands. Annals of Family Medicine, 4(1):32-39, 2006.

Fenton JJ, Levine MD, Mahoney LD, Heagerty PJ, Wagner EH. Bringing geriatricians to the front lines: Evaluation of a quality improvement intervention in primary care. Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, 19(4):331-339, 2006.

Fenton JJ, Egger J, Carney PA, Cutter G, D'Orsi C, Sickles EA, Fosse J, Abraham L, Taplin SH, Barlow W, Hendrick RE, Elmore JG. Reality check: Perceived versus actual performance of community mammographers. AJR American Journal of Roentgenology, 187(1):42-46, 2006.

Fenton JJ, Baumeister LM, Fogarty J. Active management of the third stage of labor among American Indian women. Family Medicine, 37(6):410-414, 2005.

Fenton JJ, Barton MB, Geiger AM, Herrinton LJ, Rolnick SJ, Harris EL, Barlow WE, Reisch LM, Fletcher SW, Elmore JG. The screening clinical breast examination: How often does it miss lethal breast cancer? Journal of the National Cancer Institute Monographs, 35:67-71, 2005.

Joshua J. Fenton is not currently accepting new patients. For assistance finding a UC Davis doctor, please call (800) 2-UC DAVIS.