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Dana Best, MD
Contact Information
Children's National Medical Center
Center for Translational Science
111 Michigan Avenue, NW
Washington , DC 20010-2970
202-476-2123
dbbest@childrensnational.org
Education & Training
| Institution & Location |
Degree |
Year(s) |
Field of Study |
| Yale University, New Haven, CT |
BS |
1990 |
Chemistry |
| University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA |
MD |
1994 |
Medicine |
| University of Vermont, VT |
|
1994-1997 |
Pediatrics |
| University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC |
MPH |
1997-1999 |
Public Health |
| University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC |
|
1995-1999 |
Preventive Medicine |
| University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC |
|
1997-1999 |
Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar |
Research Interests
Dana Best, MD, MPH, a nationally recognized expert in pediatric environmental health, is director of the Smoke Free Project at Children’s National Medical Center. Dr. Best is an attending in general pediatrics at the Children’s Health Center, and an associate professor of pediatrics at The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. Dr. Best joined the staff of Childrens National Medical Center in 2000. She came from New York City, where she was a research associate at the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University and on the attending staff at Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons. Dr. Best earned her undergraduate degree in chemistry at Yale University and her medical degree at the University of Virginia. Following medical school, she completed a residency in pediatrics at the University of Vermont/Fletcher Allen Healthcare, and was offered a position in the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program at the University of North Carolina. While a clinical scholar she earned a master’s in public health (MPH), completed a residency in preventive medicine and is now boarded in both pediatrics and preventive medicine. Dr. Best’s research focuses on secondhand tobacco smoke exposure in children and pediatric lead poisoning.
Clinical Interests
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Publications
View a partial list of publications for Dana Best through the National Library of Medicine's PubMed online database.
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