With over 38 years of experience, Charles Cook, MD, MPH, has the extensive experience and knowledge necessary to help patients throughout Wake County to improve and protect their health at Raleigh Associated Medical Specialists in Raleigh, North Carolina. He specializes in internal medicine and nephrology, operating on the premise that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Dr. Cook earned his medical degree at Tufts University in Boston before serving his internship and residency at the Boston VA Hospital. He completed rigorous fellowship training in nephrology at the Boston VA Hospital and hypertension at Boston University Medical Center. He also received a master’s degree in public health from Harvard University. At Raleigh Associated Medical Specialists, Dr. Cook provides a comprehensive range of preventive health services as well as care for chronic health conditions like diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol, and obesity. In addition to his primary care practice, Dr. Cook specializes in nephrology, offering expert kidney care. He also provides SculpSure laser body contouring to help patients get rid of stubborn pockets of unwanted fat.Established in 1980.Raleigh Associated Medical Specialists was established as a independent practice in 1980. It was started by Charles A. Cook and his wife in order to provide superb care to the people of downtown Raleigh. Over time the practice grew and left that little house on Peace Street to grow to over 5 locations ranging from Knightdale to Fuquay Varina. Raleigh Associated Medical Specialists is currently located in a hidden gem of a building on Six Forks Road in Raleigh.Dr. Charles Cook is a Vietnam veteran, a Tufts and Harvard educated physician, and a dedicated family man. His practice motto of “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of treatment” has been time tested and proven correct. His bedside manner, his earnest sincerity about your health, his knowledge about the body is second to none. Which will help you understand why he is now caring for the children and grandchildren of his first patients, and he is still accepting new patients.