Greg S Westwood, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor & Medical Director
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About Greg S Westwood
Greg Westwood, MD, PhD, is board-certified in family medicine and serves as the medical director for UF Health Family Medicine – Old Town. Dr. Westwood received his medical degree from SABA University and completed his family medicine residency at UF College of Medicine.
Dr. Westwood chose to pursue family medicine because of the diversity of patients, pathologies, and career opportunities found only in this specialty. He also has his PhD in microbiology and cell science from UF. He worked as a post-doctoral research fellow at Duke University Medical Center, department of pathology. He has several publications from this experience and his most recent one on the role of mast cells in inflammatory bowel disease and inflammation-associated Colorectal neoplasia.
Teaching Profile
Courses Taught
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MDT7100 – Elect Top/Community
College of Medicine
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MDC7124 – Family Med/Geriatrics
College of Medicine
Board Certifications
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Family MedicineAmerican Board Family Medicine
Clinical Profile
Specialties
- Family Medicine
Areas of Interest
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Healthy Living
- Preventive Health Care
Publications
Academic Articles
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Role of mast cells in inflammatory bowel disease and inflammation-associated colorectal neoplasia in IL-10-deficient mice.
- Journal
- PloS one.
- Volume/Issue
- 5(8)
- [DOI]
- 10.1371/journal.pone.0012220.
- [PMID]
- 20808919.
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Molecular and immunological characterization of allergens from the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana.
- Journal
- Clinical and molecular allergy : CMA.
- Volume/Issue
- 4
- [PMID]
- 16995945.
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Allergens of the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana.
- Journal
- Clinical and molecular allergy : CMA.
- Volume/Issue
- 3(1)
- [PMID]
- 15644142.
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Pathogenicity of entomopathogenic fungi Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae to Ixodidae tick species Dermacentor variabilis, Rhipicephalus sanguineus, and Ixodes scapularis.
- Journal
- Journal of medical entomology.
- Volume/Issue
- 41(4):705-11
- [PMID]
- 15311464.
Education
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Residency – Family Medicine
University of Florida
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Doctor of Medicine
SABA University School of Medicine
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Doctor of Philosophy, Microbiology and Cell Science
College of Agriculture, University of Florida
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Bachelors of Science
University of Southern Utah
Contact Details
- Business:
- (352) 542-0068
- Business:
- gregwest@ufl.edu
- Business Mailing:
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PO Box 100383
GAINESVILLE FL 32610 - Business Street:
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25827 SE HIGHWAY 19
OLD TOWN FL 32680