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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
Health Plans:
Accepted Plans
Primary Care Physician
Primary Care Physician
Accepting New Patients
Accepting New Patients
  • About Me
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Primary Office
Family Health Center
Primary Address
1920 Colorado Ave
Santa Monica, California 90404
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Phone
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
  1. Tarn DM and Flocke SA. New Prescriptions: How Well Do Patients Remember Important Information? Fam Med. 2011; 43: 254-9.
  2. 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.
  3. Tarn DM, Paterniti DA, Kravitz RL, Fein S, Wenger NS. How do physicians conduct medication reviews? J Gen Int Med 2009; 24: 1296-302.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 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
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