EDUCATION AND TRAINING
M.D., University of California, San Francisco, California, 1993
Residency in Internal Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 1993-96
Chief Medical Resident, Providence Hospital,
Seattle, Washington, 1996-97
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Barak Gaster, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Attending Physician, UWMC - Roosevelt, General Internal
Medicine Center
Division of General Internal Medicine
OFFICE ADDRESS
University of Washington Medical Center - Roosevelt, GIMC
4245 Roosevelt Way NE
Campus Box 354760
Seattle, WA 98105-6920
Email: barakg@u.washington.edu
Clinic Appointments: (206) 598-8750
HONORS
UW
Medical Center Service Excellence Award, 2002
Phi Beta Kappa
National Merit Scholar
CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS
Management of diabetes
Physician-patient communication
Medical informatics
REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS
Gaster B,
Knight CL, DeWitt DE, Sheffield JV, Assefi NP, Buchwald D. Physicians'
use of and attitudes toward electronic mail for patient communication. J
Gen Intern Med. 2003; 18:385-9
Gaster B, Holroyd J. St John's wort for depression: a systematic
review. Archives of Internal Medicine. 2000; 160:152-56.
Staiger TO, Gaster B, Sullivan MD, Deyo RA. A systematic review
of antidepressants in the treatment of chronic low back pain. Spine.
2003; 28:2540-2545.
Gaster B, Larson A. Chronic hepatitis C: common questions,
practical answers. J Am Board Fam Pract. 2000; 13:359-63.
Gaster B, Hirsch IB. The effects of improved glycemic control on
complications in type 2 diabetes mellitus. Archives of Internal
Medicine. 1998; 158: 134-40.
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