Physicians
Dr. Tere Dickson
Dr. Tere Dickson is a pediatrician and preventive medicine specialist focused on the elimination of racial health disparities. Through her experience as a pediatrician, she witnessed the irregularities in medical outcomes for minority populations and the barriers to care and achievement of wellness faced by immigrant and minority groups. Her desire to change this imbalance prompted her to expand her work as a pediatrician and look towards changing the medical system and educating minority populations through the arm of public health.
Dr. Dickson was born and raised in the Washington, DC metropolitan area where she attended high school at Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School and college at University of Maryland, College Park. She received her medical degree from University of Maryland School of Medicine at Baltimore. Dr. Dickson trained and served as a Clinical Assistant Instructor in the Department of Pediatrics at SUNY Downstate Medical Center and Kings County Hospital in Brooklyn, New York. After her pediatric residency training, she served as a temporary pediatrician filling gaps in service at practices in Ft Belvoir, Virginia, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Roswell, New Mexico, and South Norwalk, Connecticut. In 2008, she graduated from SUNY Stony Brook's Preventive Medicine Residency training program and obtained her Masters of Public Health Degree from Columbia University. During her training at Stony Brook, she worked as an intern with New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and ABC News Medical Unit in Boston, Massachusetts where she published two articles, "Waking During Surgery: Monitors May Not Help", and "Massage or Massacre: Spa Injuries Expose". Under former Nassau County Executive Thomas Suozzi, she served as the youngest appointed Deputy Health Commissioner to lead the development of programs and policies improving the health of minority communities. Currently, she has joined MS Family Medicine as Director of Pediatrics, contributes to First Things First, Foundation For Health and Wellness, Inc, and is developing a consulting firm, Essential Partners for Health Promotion, assisting agencies with health promotions activities towards greater health equity and health justice.
Office Locations
- Rosedale Office Address:
241-08 140th Avenue
Rosedale, NY 11422
Phone Number: (718) 949-0146
Map & Directions: Google Maps - Garden City Office Address:
877 Stewart Avenue, Suite 6
Garden City, NY, 11530
Phone Number: (516) 794-2200
Map & Directions: Google Maps
State License
- New York
Specialties
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Pediatrics
- Certifications
Certifications Preventive Medicine
Medical Education
- Dr. Dickson was educated at the following institutions:
- Medical School
- University of Maryland School of Medicine at Baltimore
Graduated: 2002
- University of Maryland School of Medicine at Baltimore
- Residency
- Pediatrics SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Completed: 2006 - Preventive Medicine SUNY Stony Brook University Hospital
Completed: 2008
- Pediatrics SUNY Downstate Medical Center
- Medical School
General Information
- Gender
Female - Languages Available:
Spanish
Insurance Accepted
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Insurance
- Pending
Hospital Affiliations
- Pending
Awards and Distinctions
- March 12, 2009 - Certificate of Recognition from the Town of Hempstead for my contribution to the Coalition to Eliminate Health Disparities
- October 10, 2009 - Honored by the National Council of Negro Women, Nassau County Chapter in recognition of service to the community.
- Honorary Citation for exemplary service to the community from Nassau County Legislator J.Toback
- Recognition for Service from Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy
- Honorary Citation for exemplary service to the community from New York State Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg
- Links to my articles
- Massage or Massacre: Spa Injuries Exposed
- Breaking Down Health Literacy Barriers: Another piece of the puzzle to eliminate health disparities in diabetes and improve outcomes.
- Other honors:
- Presenter, 2nd Annual Health Disparities Conference at Teacher's College, Columbia University March 10, 2007
- Staying Healthy My Way: Perspectives of American Indian Adolescents on Diabetes Risk Factors Using Photovoice
