**Please note that providers are licensed to practice per state. A patient receiving care or consultation must be located in the same state(s) to which a provider is licensed to practice. This is a requirement for video and in-person visits. Dr. Lauren Pokomo is originally from Los Angeles, California. She earned a bachelor’s degree in Microbiology at the University of California, Santa Barbara and a master's degree in Public Health in Epidemiology from the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston. Prior to pursuing her medical studies she spent two years engaged in biomedical research at UCLA. She earned her medical degree from Touro University — Nevada in Las Vegas, Nevada. Following her education, she completed her residency in family medicine at Firelands Regional Hospital in Sandusky, Ohio. Dr. Pokomo's philosophy of care centers around prevention and education to empower her patients to live their best and healthiest lives. She strives to provide a safe space to discuss her patient's concerns and develop a treatment plan to help maintain and restore their health. Her clinical interests include preventive medicine, environmental illness and nutrition as medicine. When she is not at work, Dr. Pokomo enjoys cooking, crafts and the great outdoors.

Education & experience

Education

Medical School - Touro University, Nevada, Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine

University of California, Santa Barbara (Bachelor’s)

Firelands Regional Medical Center, Residency in Family Medicine

University of Texas, Houston, Master's in Public Health

Practice

Intermountain Health Heights- Family Medicine

Affiliation

Intermountain Health St. Vincent Regional Hospital

Certifications

American Board of Family Medicine

Awards and publications

HRSA Public Health Traineeship, University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, TX

Pokomo, L. Fisher, V., Morales, M., Ostrosky-Zeichner, L. Impact of active surveillance on the proportion of hospital-acquired Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections in intensive care units. Abstract orally presented at The Society of Critical Care Medicine February 5, 2012. Winner of the 2012 Infection Specialty Award.

Shimizu, S., Hong, P., Arumugam, B., Pokomo, L., Boyer, J., Koizumi, N., Kittipongdaja, P., Chen, A., Bristol, G., Galic, Z., Zack, J.A., Yang, O., Chen, I.S.Y., Lee, B., An, D.S. A higly efficient short hairpin RNA potently down-regulates CCR5 expression in systemic lymphoid organs in the NOD/SCID-hu BLT mouse model. Blood, 25 February 2010, Vol. 115, No. 8, pp. 1534-1544.

Mahan, M., Heithoff, D., Sinsheimer, R., Werlin, R., Shimp, W., Lau, P., Pokomo, L. The Role of DAM in the Regulation of Bacterial Gene Expression, Virulence, and Elicitation of Host Immune Response. Poster presented at the Biomolecular Science and Engineering graduate program recruitment, May 2006.

Pang, S., Pokomo, L., Chen, K., Kamata, M., Mao, SH., Zhang, H., Razi, E., An, DS., Chen, IS. High-throughput screening of effective siRNAs using luciferase-linked chimeric mRNA. PLoS One. 2014 May 15;9(5):e96445. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0096445. eCollection 2014.

Background

Languages spoken

English

Gender

Female

NPI number

#1790135069

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