Santa Monica Primary Care

Internal Medicine

Philip M. Bretsky is an expert in the field of Internal Medicine. He studied medicine at Keck School of Medicine of USC. Keck School of Medicine of USC is ranked 31 in research and 72 in primary care medicine He received 16 awards: "CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification", "Solomon Award Recipient for Outstanding Resident Research", "Rubenstein Award Finalist for Resident Research", "Lasky Award for Best Medical Student Research", "American Association of Cancer Research/Genetech", "Predoctoral Fellowship Scholarship", "Bowles Fund Scholarship", "Best Paper Award, Aging Section", "M.D./Ph.D. Salerni Collegium Scholarship", "MPH with Distinction", "Honors Thesis", "Best Paper Award, Student Paper Competition", "Secretarys Award for Innovation in Health", "Finalist, Community Health Assessment Learning Program", "Conamina Foundation Award" and "National Merit Scholarship". Philip Bretsky is also published. He has 23 publications published. The lastest publication: "Emergence of raccoon rabies in Connecticut, 1991-1994: spatial and temporal characteristics of animal infection and human contact.' Dr. Philip M. Bretsky is registered with Medicare and accepts Medicare payments.

Publications

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• To Treat or to Palliate? A Case of Endocarditis, Severe Sepsis, and Advanced Cancer.
• DHEA-S levels and cardiovascular Disease mortality in postmenopausal women: results from the National Institutes of Health--National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (...
• Comprehensive evaluation of ESR2 variation and ovarian cancer risk.
• HaploTypes of the estrogen receptor beta gene and breast cancer risk.
• Sequence variants of estrogen receptor beta and risk of prostate cancer in the National Cancer Institute Breast and Prostate Cancer Cohort Consortium.
• Association between serum beta-carotene levels and decline of cognitive function in high-functioning older persons with or without apolipoprotein E 4 alleles: MacArthu...
• Education and APOE-e4 in longitudinal cognitive decline: MacArthur Studies of Successful Aging.
• Genetic variation in angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE) and breast cancer risk: the multiethnic cohort.
• Modeling and E-M estimation of haploType-specific relative risks from genoType data for a case-control study of unrelated individuals.
• The relationship between twenty missense ATM variants and breast cancer risk: the Multiethnic Cohort.
• The role of APOE-epsilon4 in longitudinal cognitive decline: MacArthur Studies of Successful Aging.
• Treatment of Hypertension in African Americans and Latinos: the effect of JNC VI on urban prescribing practices.
• Risk factors for human exposure to raccoon rabies during an epizootic in Connecticut.
• Manual measurement of QT dispersion in patients with acute myocardial infarction and nondiagnostic electrocardiograms.
• Delayed presentation for care during acute myocardial infarction in a Hispanic population of Los Angeles County.
• Risk factors for cardiovascular and cerebrovascular death among African Americans and Hispanics in Los Angeles, California.
• A prospective study of the effect of fracture on measured physical performance: results from the MacArthur Study--MAC.
• Evidence for an interaction between apolipoprotein E genotype, gender, and Alzheimer Disease.
• Lifelong estrogen exposure and cognitive performance in elderly women.
• Androgen metabolism and prostate cancer: establishing a model of genetic susceptibility.
• Emergence of raccoon rabies in Connecticut, 1991-1994: spatial and temporal characteristics of animal infection and human contact.
• Epidemiology of firearm mortality and injury estimates: state of Connecticut, 1988-1993.

Schools

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• Keck School Of Medicine Of The Univ Of Southern California

• Cedars Sinai Hospital

• Swarthmore College

Procedures Preformed

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• Abscess Incision and Drainage
• Biopsy
• EKG (Electrocardiogram, ECG)
• Excisional Biopsy
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Conditions Treated

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• Allergic Rhinitis
• Alzheimer's Disease
• Asthma
• Congestive Heart Failure
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Doctors Specialties

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• Internal Medicine

Accepted Insurances

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• Choice Plus POS II
• Blue Card PPO
• Advantage Preferred DirectAccess Plus PPO
• Blue Cross Blue Shield of California PPO
• Access Plus Savenet
• Basic Exclusive PPO for Small Business
• Basic PPO
• Cigna HMO
• Cigna PPO
• Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
• Open Access Plus
• Commercial Insurance Company
• Covered California - Bronze PPO
• Health Net PPO
• Individual and Family PPO
• Humana
• Medicare MCR
• Kaiser PHCS Network PPO
• MultiPlan PPO
• PHCS Network PPO
• Mutual of Omaha
• Principal Life
• Choice Plus POS
• Navigate HMO
• Navigate POS
• Options PPO
• United Healthcare

Awards

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• CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
• Solomon Award Recipient for Outstanding Resident Research
• Rubenstein Award Finalist for Resident Research
• Lasky Award for Best Medical Student Research
• American Association of Cancer Research/Genetech
• Predoctoral Fellowship Scholarship
• Bowles Fund Scholarship
• Best Paper Award, Aging Section
• M.D./Ph.D. Salerni Collegium Scholarship
• MPH with Distinction
• Honors Thesis
• Best Paper Award, Student Paper Competition
• Secretary’s Award for Innovation in Health
• Finalist, Community Health Assessment Learning Program
• Conamina Foundation Award
• National Merit Scholarship

Education

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• Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
• Keck School of Medicine of USC
• University of Southern California
• Yale University

Hospital

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• Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Drug Facts

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NPI NUMBER		1568683076
NPPES Provider LastName		BRETSKY
NPPES Provider FirstName		PHILIP
NPPES Provider ZIPCode		904042050
NPPES Provider State		CA
Specialty Description		Internal Medicine
Total Claim Count		1799.0
Distinct Opioid Count		1.0
Opioid Claim Count		30.0
Percent Opioid Claims		1.67

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Medicare Facts

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National Provider Identifier [NPI]	1568683076
Last Name Of The Provider	BRETSKY
First Name Of The Provider	PHILIP
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