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Eric M. Wood, M.P.H., M.D.

Specialties

Languages

  • English
  • Spanish

Bio

Eric Wood, MD, MPH is Deputy Director of the University of Utah’s Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health. He is also Director of Occupational Medicine, and Director of the Occupational Medicine Residency Program at the University of Utah. He is a graduate of the University of Utah School Of Medicine, and he completed his Masters of Public Health (Industrial Hygiene) at the University of Hawaii. He completed residency training in Family Medicine at the University of Nevada, Reno, and residency training in Occupational and Environmental Medicine at the University of Utah. He is Board Certified in both Preventive Medicine (Occupational and Environmental Medicine) and Family Medicine. Prior to joining the faculty at the University of Utah he worked as an attending physician for Intermountain Healthcare, and as a professional industrial hygienist for both private consulting, and for Utah OSHA.

Dr. Wood is actively involved as a researcher on two large-scale prospective cohort studies investigating causes of musculoskeletal disorders. He was appointed as the inaugural medical fellow for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and performs research on health concerns of truck drivers. His clinical interests include occupational injury and illness management and prevention, and occupational and environmental exposure assessment and evaluation. Dr. Wood teaches several courses in the graduate school Occupational Health Curriculum including Industrial and Environmental Toxicology and Physiology, and Occupational Safety and Health Solutions.

Locations

Schedule An Appointment Clinical Office Address
Parkway Health Center
145 W University Parkway
Orem, UT 84058
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(801) 213-9777 Redwood Health Center
Occupational Medicine
1525 West 2100 South
Salt Lake City, UT 84119
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(801) 581-8719 Rocky Mtn Center for Enviro/Occupational Hlth
391 Chipeta Way
Salt Lake City, UT 84108

Board Certification and Academic Information

Academic Departments Family and Preventive Medicine - Assistant Professor (Clinical)
UUHC Community Physician Group - UUHC Affiliated Physician
Academic Divisions Occupational and Environmental Health
Board Certification American Board of Preventive Medicine (Occupational)