Ask Dr. Mona

Residency trained and Board-certified Occupational and Preventive Medicine Specialist

Role
Ask Dr Mona Medical Columnist at Delano Herald Journal
Location
Palm Springs, CA, US
LinkedIn followers
500 followers

About Ask Dr. Mona

M.D- Triple residency-trained, triple board certified and triple fellowship-inducted Emmy award winning-medical journalist and former medical director, board certified in Occupational Medicine, Internal Medicine, and Public Health and Preventive Medicine, with extensive international health and administrative, peer review and clinical experience in occupational medicine, disaster medicine, public health and medical communications. My vocational passions are emergency preparedness and disaster relief, and raising health literacy through television reporting with multi-platform outreach. I have been fortunate enough to incorporate them in my professional medical career!

Experience

  1. Ask Dr Mona Medical Columnist

    Delano Herald Journal

    Apr 2025 — Present

Education

  • Northwestern University

    B.S.J., Journalism, Pre-Med

    1983 — 1987

  • St. Mary's Hospital and Medical Center

    Internal Medicine Residency, Medicine for Adults

    1993 — 1994

  • Arlington High School

    Diploma, Math-Science

    1979 — 1983

  • Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

    Preventive Medicine and Public Health Residency, Health Policy & Management, Health Communications

    1996 — 1997

  • Joyce Kilmer Elementary School

    Diploma, Science and Math

    1971 — 1979

  • University of Illinois College of Medicine

    M.D., Medicine

    1987 — 1991

  • Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

    Master's in Public Health, Health Communications Certification, Health Policy & Management Track, Occupational Medicine Track

    1995 — 1996

  • University of California, San Francisco

    Occupational and Environmental Medicine Residency, Work health & Safety

    1997 — 1998

  • Mercy Hospital and Medical Center

    Transitional Internship, Medicine

    1991 — 1992

Skills

  • Training
  • Nursing
  • Policy
  • Nonprofits
  • Non-Profits
  • Healthcare Information Technology
  • Electronic Medical Record (Emr)
  • Program Development
  • Team Building
  • Management
  • Program Management
  • Television News
  • Emergency Management
  • Diabetes
  • Medical Education
  • Healthcare Information Technology (Hit)
  • Emr
  • Strategic Planning
  • Blogging
  • Emergency Medicine
  • Global Health
  • Healthcare
  • Hospitals
  • Internal Medicine
  • Public Speaking
  • Healthcare Management
  • Working with Physicians
  • Leadership
  • Physicians
  • Public Health
  • Acls
  • Medicine

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