Lynette Cederquist, M.D.
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Dr. Lynette Cederquist
attended college at Oral Roberts University, and medical
school at Oral Roberts University School of Medicine
in Tulsa, Oklahoma where she graduated with honors in
1986. She then completed her residency in Internal Medicine
at the UCSD affiliate program in Fresno, California,
in 1989. She then stayed on as a junior attending for
a year, then as the Director of the Resident's Clinics
for two years.
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Dr. Cederquist then moved to San Diego
in 1992 to work at Escondido Community Clinic for a year.
She was then offered a position at UCSD, where she began working
in 1994. She continues to work at UCSD as a Associate Clinical
Professor of Medicine, mostly seeing patients in her primary
care practice. She also supervises and teaches medical students
and residents.
During the past three years, Dr. Cederquist has focused her
interest on the practice of palliative medicine, working with
many cancer patients. She worked as a Scholar in Residence
for a year at San Diego Hospice, and became certified in palliative
medicine in November, 2004. She currently devotes a portion
of her time attending on an inpatient palliative medicine
consult service at Scripps Mercy Hospital, as well as continuing
her clinical work and teaching at UCSD. She is working with
UCSD's Pain and Palliative medicine to develop an active palliative
medicine service and teaching at UCSD. Additionally, she is
Co-Chair of UCSD's Ethics Committee, and serves as one of
the ethics consultants.
Dr. Cederquist is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, and
certified in Palliative Medicine.
Memberships
American Association of Hospice
and Palliative Medicine, American College of Physicians
Personal Information
Place of Birth: La Paz, Bolivia.
Married since 1994, with two children.
Her husband Gary, is in charge of teaching the children how
to work the computer, and do home improvements, while Dr.
Cederquist is in charge of doing crafts, and taking them shopping.
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