
Why You Need to Discuss Your Family Health History at Thanksgiving
Pass the turkey, the pumpkin pie — and your medical history? The upcoming holiday provides an unlikely but ideal time to review such information.
Elena Stoffel, M.D., M.P.H., received her medical degree from Harvard Medical School in 1997 and Harvard School of Public Health in 2003. She completed her residency in internal medicine in 2000 and a fellowship in gastroenterology in 2003 at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Massachusetts. Stoffel is board-certified in gastroenterology. Her clinical interests include gastrointestinal cancer screening and prevention and the diagnosis and management of hereditary/familial cancer syndromes.
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Pass the turkey, the pumpkin pie — and your medical history? The upcoming holiday provides an unlikely but ideal time to review such information.
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