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Specialty:
Family Medicine
Department Affiliation:
Family Medicine
Hospital Affiliation:
UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica
State License:
A72710
Languages:
Mandarin
Phone:
310-319-4700
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Primary Office
Family Health Center
Primary Address
1920 Colorado Ave
Santa Monica, California 90404
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310-319-4700
Medical Board Certifications
Family Medicine, American Board of Family Medicine, 2002
Fellowship
Family Practice, Primary Care Research, UCLA School of Medicine, 2002-2005
Fellowship 2
Family Practice, UCLA School of Medicine, 2005-2006
Residency
Family Practice, Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital, 2000-2002
Internship
Family Practice, Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital, 1999-2000
Degree
New York Medical College, MD, 1999
UCLA, PhD, 2006
Research Interests
Physician-Patient Communication
Prescription Medications
Mixed Methods Research
Qualitative Research
Publications
Tarn DM
and Flocke SA. New Prescriptions: How Well Do Patients Remember Important Information? Fam Med. 2011; 43: 254-9.
Frosch DL, Grande D,
Tarn DM
, Kravitz RL. A decade of controversy: Balancing policy with evidence in the regulation of prescription drug advertising. Am J Public Health. 2010; 100: 24-32.
Tarn DM
, Paterniti DA, Kravitz RL, Fein S, Wenger NS. How do physicians conduct medication reviews? J Gen Int Med 2009; 24: 1296-302.
Moreno G,
Tarn DM
, Morales LS. Impact of interpreters on the receipt of new prescription medication information among Spanish-speaking Latinos. Medical Care 2009; 47: 1201-208.
Tarn DM
, Paterniti DA, Williams BR, Cipri CS, Wenger NS. Which Providers Should Communicate Which Critical Information About a New Medication? Patient, Pharmacist, and Physician Perspectives. J Am Geriatr Soc 2009; 57: 462-69.
Tarn DM
, Heritage J, Paterniti DA, Hays RD, Kravitz RL, Wenger NS. Prescribing New Medications: A Taxonomy of Physician-Patient Communication. Communication and Medicine. 2008; 5(2): 195-208.
Tarn DM
, Paterniti DA, Kravitz RL, Heritage J, Liu H, Kim S, Wenger NS. How much time does it take to prescribe a new medication? Pat Educ and Couns. 2008; 72: 311-19.
Tarn DM
, Heritage J, Paterniti DA, Hays RD, Kravitz RL, Wenger NS. Physician Communication about the Cost and Acquisition of Newly Prescribed Medications. Am J Manag Care. 2006; 12:657-64.
Tarn DM
, Heritage J, Paterniti DA, Hays RD, Kravitz RL, Wenger NS. Physician Communication when Prescribing New Medications. Arch Intern Med. 2006; 166:1855-62.
Tarn DM
, Meredith LS, Kagawa-Singer M, Matsumura S, Bito S, Oye RK, Liu H, Kahn KL, Wenger NS. Patients’ Trust in Their Physicians: The Role of Ethnic Match, Autonomy, Acculturation, and Religiosity. Ann Fam Med. 2005; 3:339-47.
Terris DJ, Cheng EC, Utley DS,
Tarn DM
, Ho PR, Verity AN. Functional recovery following nerve injury and repair by silicon tubulization: comparison of laminin-fibronectin, dialyzed plasma, collagen gel, and phosphate buffered solution. Auris Nasus Larynx. 1999; 26:117–22.
Ho PR, Coan GM, Cheng ET, Niell C,
Tarn DM
, Zhou H, Sierra DH, Terris DJ. Repair with collagen tubules linked with BDNF and CNTF in a rat sciatic nerve injury model. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1998; 124:761–66.
Cheng ET, Utley DS, Ho PR,
Tarn DM
, Coan GM, Verity AN, Sierra DH, Terris DJ. Functional recovery of transected nerves treated with systemic BDNF and CNTF. Microsurgery. 1998; 18:35–41.
Tarn DM
and Marmor MF. Modulation and mechanisms of electroretinogram recovery after short-term retinal ischemic injury. Documenta Ophthalmologica. 1996; 91:109–16.
Awards
2010 California Academy of Family Physicians Researcher of the Year
2009 Fellow, NIH OBSSR Summer Institute on the Design and Conduct of Randomized Clinical Trials Involving Behavioral Interventions
2008 Society of Teachers in Family Medicine Best Paper Award Honorable Mention
Derjung M. Tarn, MD, PhD
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