Dr. David Smith MD

Family Practice Physician - Forest, VA

Dr. David Smith specializes in family practice and preventive medicine in Forest, Virginia. Details of Dr. Smith's 34 years experience as an MD, his hospital affiliation and education at Virginia Commonwealth University are available on your free doctor report.

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Primary Location for Dr. Smith

Dr. David Smith
2103 Graves Mill Rd
Forest, VA 24551

Board Certification, Specialty and Expertise

Dr. David Smith identified specializing in Family PracticeFamily Practice
A family physician is concerned with the total health care of the individual and the family, and is trained to diagnose and treat a wide variety of ailments in patients of all ages. The family physician receives a broad range of training that includes internal medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, psychiatry, and geriatrics. Special emphasis is placed on prevention and primary care of entire families, utilizing consultations and community resources when appropriate. and Preventive MedicinePreventive Medicine
A preventive medicine specialist focuses on the health of individuals and defined populations in order to protect, promote and maintain health and well-being, and to prevent disease, disability and premature death. A preventive medicine physician may be a specialist in general preventive medicine, public health, occupational medicine, or aerospace medicine. This specialist works with large population groups as well as with individual patients to promote health and understand the risks of disease, injury, disability, and death, seeking to modify and eliminate these risks..

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Hospital Affiliations

A hospital affiliation covers any doctor who has an affiliation, association or admitting privilege with a hospital. A doctor's particular affiliation to a specific hospital can translate to the overall quality of that provider.

Dr. Smith is affiliated with 1 hospital:

Virginia Baptist Hospital
3300 Rivermont Ave
Lynchburg, VA

License

Dr. David Smith has been confirmed to have a license in Virginia.

Education

Dr. Smith attended medical school at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine and graduated in 1978 having 34 years experience. Additional Family Practice training was conducted at Carilion Health System.

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While there is no proven correlation between the quality of one's educational institution and the quality of one's professional competence, it is often an indicator. Medical schools have various levels of selectivity (some are harder to get into than others), and both the quality of their clinical training and level of research are measured. Additional medical training in both residency and fellowships and the facilities they are conducted at also provide a history of the doctors' level of training and experience.