Joshua J. Fenton, M.D., M.P.H.
Philosophy of Care
Dr. Fenton strives to help his patients get the best possible health care - care that is personal,
conscientious and grounded in the latest in medical knowledge. He also strives to help his patients
navigate through a complicated medical environment that can make it difficult to achieve one's
health goals.
Clinical Interests
Dr. Fenton's research focuses on the delivery and accuracy of cancer screening tests, particularly for
breast and colorectal cancer.
Title
Associate Professor
Specialty
Family and Community Medicine
Department
Family and Community Medicine
Division
Family and Community Medicine
Center/Program Affiliation
Center for Healthcare Policy and Research
UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center
Address/Phone
Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center, 4860 Y St. Suite 1600 Sacramento, CA 95817
Phone: 916-734-3630
Additional Phone
Languages
Education
Physician Referrals: 800-4-UCDAVIS (800-482-3284)
Spanish
M.D., UC San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, California, 1996
M.P.H., University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 2004
B.A., UC Berkeley, Berkeley, California, 1990
Internships
San Francisco General Hospital/UC San Francisco, San Francisco, California, 1996-1997
Residency
San Francisco General Hospital/UC San Francisco, San Francisco, California, 1997-1999
Fellowships
Senior Fellow, Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, University of Washington, Seattle,
Washington, 2002-2004
Board Certifications
Professional Memberships
American Board of Family Medicine, 1999
American Academy of Family Physicians
American Society of Preventive Oncology
Joshua J. Fenton, M.D., M.P.H.
North American Primary Care Research Group
Society of Teachers of Family Medicine
Honors and Awards
Distinguished Research Paper, Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, Annual Spring Conference,
2006
Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Resident Teaching Award, 1999
Julius R. Krevans Award for Clinical Excellence, San Francisco General Hospital, 1997
Robert H. Crede Award, UC San Francisco School of Medicine, 1996
Stanley Scholarship for Research in Psychiatry, UC San Francisco School of Medicine, 1994
Phi Beta Kappa, 1990
Select Recent Publications
Fenton JJ, Jerant AF, Bertakis KD, Franks P. The cost of satisfaction: a national study of patient
satisfaction, health care utilization, expenditures, and mortality. Arch Intern Med. 2012 Mar 12;
172(5):405-11. Epub 2012 Feb 13.
Fenton JJ, Abraham L, Taplin SH, Geller BM, Carney PA, D'Orsi C, Elmore JG, Barlow WE; Breast
Cancer Surveillance Consortium. Effectiveness of computer-aided detection in community
mammography practice. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2011 Aug 3;103(15):1152-61. Epub 2011 Jul 27.
Fenton JJ, Elmore JG, Buist DS, Reid RJ, Tancredi DJ, Baldwin LM. Longitudinal adherence with
fecal occult blood test screening in community practice. Ann Fam Med. 2010 Sep-Oct;8(5):397401.
Fenton JJ, Foote SB, Green P, Baldwin LM. Diffusion of computer-aided mammography after
mandated Medicare coverage. Arch Intern Med. 2010 Jun 14;170(11):987-9.
Fenton JJ, Reid RJ, Baldwin LM, Elmore JG, Buist OS, Franks P: Influence of primary care use on
population delivery of colorectal cancer screening, Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers, and
Prevention, 2009;18:630-639.
Fenton JJ, Tancredi OJ, Green P, Franks P, Baldwin LM: Persistent racial/ethnic disparities in upto-date colorectal cancer testing among Medicare enrollees, Journal of the American Geriatrics
Society, 2009;57:412-418.
Fenton JJ, Green P, Baldwin LM: Internal validation of procedure codes on Medicare claims for
digital mammograms and computer-aided detection, Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers, and
Prevention, 2009; 18:2186-2189.
Jerant AF, Fenton JJ, Franks P: Determinants of racial/ethnic colorectal cancer screening disparities.
Archives of Internal Medicine, 2008; 168: 1317-1324.
Fenton JJ, Franks P, Reid RJ, Elmore JG, Baldwin LM. Continuity of care and cancer screening
among health plan enrollees. Medical Care, 2008;46:58-62.
Joshua J. Fenton, M.D., M.P.H.
Fenton JJ, Cai Y, Green P, Beckett LA, Franks P, Baldwin LM: Trends in colorectal cancer testing
among Medicare subpopulations, American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2008; 35: 194-202.
Fenton JJ, Cai Y, Weiss NS, Elmore JG, Pardee RE, Reid RJ, Baldwin LM. Delivery of cancer
screening: How important is the preventive health exam? Archives of Internal Medicine, 167(6):
580-585, 2007.
Fenton JJ, Rolnick SJ, Harris EL, Barton MB, Barlow WE, Reisch LM, Herrinton LJ, Geiger AM,
Fletcher SW, Elmore JG. Specificity of clinical breast examination in community practice. Journal
of General Internal Medicine, 22(3):332-337, 2007.
Fenton JJ, Taplin SH, Carney PA, Abraham L, Sickles EA, D’Orsi C, Berns EA, Cutter G, Hendrick
RE, Barlow WE, Elmore JG. Influence of computer-aided detection on screening mammography
performance. New England Journal of Medicine, 356:1399-1409, 2007.
Fenton JJ, Levine MD, Mahoney LD, Heagerty PJ, Wagner EH. Bringing geriatricians to the front
lines: Evaluation of a quality improvement intervention in primary care. Journal of the American
Board of Family Medicine, 19(4):331-339, 2006.
Fenton JJ, Barton MB, Geiger AM, Herrinton LJ, Rolnick SJ, Harris EL, Barlow WE, Reisch LM,
Fletcher SW, Elmore JG. The screening clinical breast examination: How often does it miss lethal
breast cancer? Journal of the National Cancer Institute Monographs, 35:67-71, 2005.
Fenton JJ, Weiss NS. Screening computed tomography: Will it result in overdiagnosis of renal
carcinoma? Cancer, 100(5):986-990, 2004.
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