7,533
Preventive Medicine Physicians
100%
Accepting patients
61%
Most common: MD
FindClarity lists 7,533 preventive medicine physicians nationwide. 100% are currently accepting new patients. The most common credential is MD (61%). 12% accept Medicare.
Preventive medicine physicians focus on preventing disease and promoting health at both the individual and population level. They work in public health departments, occupational health, corporate wellness, health policy, and clinical settings. Their goal is to stop diseases before they start rather than treating them after they occur.
After medical school, preventive medicine physicians complete a two-year residency that includes a clinical year and a year of public health practice. They also earn a Master of Public Health (MPH) degree. Subspecialties include occupational medicine (workplace health and safety), aerospace medicine, and undersea and hyperbaric medicine.
Preventive medicine spans a broad range of activities: designing vaccination programs, conducting health screenings, managing workplace safety, analyzing disease outbreaks, and advising on health policy. In clinical practice, preventive medicine doctors focus heavily on lifestyle modifications, cancer screening, cardiovascular risk reduction, and immunizations.
See a preventive medicine physician for comprehensive health risk assessments, executive health evaluations, travel medicine consultations, occupational health evaluations (workplace exposures, fitness-for-duty exams), vaccine recommendations, and personalized prevention plans based on your family history and risk factors. Some preventive medicine doctors also serve as primary care physicians with a prevention focus.
A preventive medicine evaluation is thorough. The physician will assess your personal and family medical history, lifestyle factors (diet, exercise, sleep, stress), current health metrics (blood pressure, cholesterol, glucose), and relevant screening test results. They create a personalized prevention plan that addresses your highest-priority risks. Workplace evaluations include exposure assessments and fitness-for-duty testing specific to your job requirements.
Preventive visit: $0 (ACA-covered) · Executive health evaluation: $1,000-5,000 · Occupational fitness exam: employer-paid · Travel medicine consultation: $100-300
Primary care doctors manage your overall health, including treating illnesses and chronic conditions. Preventive medicine doctors focus specifically on preventing disease before it occurs. In practice, there is overlap. The distinction is in emphasis: preventive medicine physicians spend more time on risk assessment, screening optimization, and population health strategies.
Occupational medicine doctors (a subspecialty of preventive medicine) handle workplace health: evaluating work-related injuries, assessing fitness for duty, managing exposure to workplace hazards (chemicals, noise, radiation), conducting drug testing programs, and advising employers on health and safety policies. They are commonly found in corporate settings and workers compensation clinics.
Executive health programs offer comprehensive evaluations (advanced imaging, stress testing, full lab panels) in a single visit. They can detect early disease in people who rarely see a doctor. However, some tests may produce false positives leading to unnecessary follow-up. Discuss the value with your physician. For people with known risk factors who have been deferring care, they can be genuinely useful.
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Standard preventive screenings (immunizations, cancer screenings, wellness visits) are covered at 100% under the ACA. Executive health evaluations and advanced screening packages beyond standard guidelines are typically not covered and cost $1,000 to $5,000 out of pocket. Occupational health services are usually covered by the employer, not personal health insurance.