Gerald Smetana, MD
Specialty in Internal Medicine and Primary Care
Dr. Gerald Smetana is a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and a physician at Beth Israel Medical Center in Boston. He practices outpatient primary care general internal medicine in an academic setting at Beth Israel Deaconess, where he also completed his residency. Dr. Smetana received his medical degree at University of California at San Francisco School of Medicine.
Practice names
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Clinician Educator, Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Education and training
MD, University of California, San Francisco
BS, University of California, Los Angeles
Certifications
National Board of Medical Examiners, Diplomate
Massachusetts Medical License
American Board of Internal Medicine, Diplomate
Residency, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Intern, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Publication Highlights
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Smetana GW, Davis RB, Phillips RS. Factors that influence patient response to requests to change to a unified restrictive formulary. J Gen Intern Med. 2004;19(12):1212–1219. doi:10.1111/j.1525-1497.2004.30362.x
Evans KL, Brown SR, Smetana GW. Sample closet medications are neither novel nor useful: a crosssectional study. J Am Board Fam Med 2013;26:380-387.Gerald W. Smetana, MD33. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2013.04.120330
Smetana GW. The diagnostic value of historical features in primary headache syndromes: a comprehensive review. Arch Intern Med. 2000;160(18):2729-2737. doi:10.1001/archinte.160.18.2729
Smetana GW, Shmerling RH. Does this patient have temporal arteritis? JAMA. 2002;287(1):92-101. doi:10.1001/jama.287.1.92