Professor, Family Practice and Community Health, University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medic
Family Medicine
Dr. Neal A. Palafox, MD
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Neal A. Palafox is an expert in the field of Family Medicine. He went to medical school at University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine. University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine is ranked 74/19 in Research/PrimaryCare. Neal Palafox is a published doctor as well. He has 49 publications published. The latest was: Successful treatment of ciguatera fish poisoning with intravenous mannitol. He is registered with Medicare and accepts Medicare payments.
Publications
- Guest editor's message: Providing more medical care through distance learning in Micronesia and developing culturally competent curricula are provided in several solut...
- The "compact impact" in Hawaii: focus on health care.
- Comprehensive cancer control in the U.S. Associated Pacific Island Nations.
- Development and implementation of a food store-based intervention to improve diet in the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
- Pacific island partnership: the Pacific Cancer Initiative.
- Vitamin A deficiency, iron deficiency, and anemia among preschool children in the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
- Macro- and microlevel processes affect food choice and nutritional status in the republic of the marshall islands.
- Cancer in the U.S. Associated Pacific Countries: Cultural Considerations.
- The Health Predicament of The U.S.­Associated Pacific Islands: What Role for Primary Health Care?
- Medical Effectiveness Studies in the American Associated Pacific Island Nations: Cultural, Ethical, and Practical Considerations.
- An assessment of the Pacific Regional Cancer Coalition: outcomes and implications of a regional coalition internal and external assessment.
- The health and wellbeing of the Pacific indigenous peoples.
- Viral hepatitis in Hawai'i--differing perspectives.
- A pilot food store intervention in the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
- In-country and community-based postgraduate family practice training for Micronesian physicians--the Palau AHEC: a collaborative effort.
- On the biopsychosocial model: the example of political economic causes of diabetes in the Marshall Islands.
- Public health in medical education.
- Indigenous health in Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific.
- Excellence in research and education at the John A. Burns School of Medicine: a tribute to Edwin Cadman's vision.
- Teaching geriatric medicine to family practice residents at the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM).
- Retinol binding protein as a surrogate measure for serum retinol: studies in vitamin A-deficient children from the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
- Chronic phase lipids in sera of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), chronic ciguatera fish poisoning (CCFP), hepatitis B, and cancer with antigenic epitope resembling cigu...
- Improving health outcomes in diverse populations: competency in cross-cultural research with indigenous Pacific islander populations.
- Smoking rates and risk factors among youth in the Republic of the Marshall Islands: results of a school survey.
- Epidemiology of cancer in the Republic of Nauru.
- Epidemiology of cancer in the Republic of Kiribati.
- Cancer epidemiology in the freely associated U.S. Pacific Island jurisdictions: challenges and methodologic issues.
- Cancer in Micronesia.
- Cancer in the US Associated Pacific Islands (UASPI): history and participatory development.
- Cancer-related disparities: weathering the perfect storm through comprehensive cancer control approaches.
- Vitamin A deficiency and inflammatory markers among preschool children in the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
- Carotenoid status among preschool children with vitamin A deficiency in the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
- Relationship of vitamin A deficiency, iron deficiency, and inflammation to anemia among preschool children in the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
- Family medicine in Hawaii.
- Successful treatment of ciguatera fish poisoning with intravenous mannitol.
- Treatment of pediatric ciguatera fish poisoning.
- Seroepidemiological characterization of a syphilis epidemic in the Republic of the Marshall Islands, formerly a yaws endemic area.
- Review of the clinical use of intravenous mannitol with ciguatera fish poisoning from 1988 to 1992.
- Cultural competence: a proposal for physicians reaching out to Native Hawaiian patients.
- Quantifying tobacco related health care expenditures in the Republic of the Marshall Islands: a case study in determining health costs in a developing US associated is...
- Formative research to inform intervention development for diabetes prevention in the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
- Health consequences of the Pacific U.S. Nuclear Weapons Testing Program in the Marshall Islands: inequity in protection, health care access, policy, regulation.
- Pacific Association for Clinical Training (PACT): lessons learned and next steps in developing a sustainable continuing health professionals education system in the Un...
- Health consequences and health systems response to the Pacific U.S. Nuclear Weapons Testing Program.
- Pacific basin health worker training in the United States-Affiliated Pacific Islands: needs assessment and priorities for a continuing health care professional develop...
- Guest editorial. Developing human resources for health in the Pacific.
- Health consequences of disparity: the US Affiliated Pacific Islands.
- Research and comprehensive cancer control coalitions.
Schools
University Of Hawaii John a Burns School Of Medicine
UCLA Hospital Clin
Doctors Specialties
- Family Medicine
Accepted Insurances
- Choice Plus POS II
- Blue Card PPO
- Cigna PPO
- Open Access Plus
- Commercial Insurance Company
- Coventry Health Care
- First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
- Preferred Provider/Comp Med
- Humana
- Kaiser Permanente
- Medicaid
- Medicare MCR
- MultiPlan
- Tricare
- Choice Plus POS
- Navigate POS
- Options PPO
- United Healthcare
- WellCare
- Worker's Compensation WC
Education
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UCLA Medical Center -
University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1912977109 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | PALAFOX | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | NEAL | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 967891192 | |
| NPPES Provider State | HI | |
| Specialty Description | Family Practice | |
| Total Claim Count | 409.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 0.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 0.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 0.0 |
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Medicare Facts
| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1912977109 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | PALAFOX |
| First Name Of The Provider | NEAL |
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