Ann Ding, MD is a primary care physician at Sturdy Health Primary & Specialty Care - North Attleboro. Dr Ding received her Doctor of Medicine from the University of Texas Health San Antonio School of Medicine and her Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude in molecular and cellular biology, from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee with accompanying minors in chemistry, general music, and Chinese language and culture. She completed her residencies in pediatrics and internal medicine at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.
Dr. Ding's medical journey includes significant roles such as Chief Resident of Internal Medicine at Brown University and active involvement in initiatives promoting holistic care and wellness. Her dedication to patients, leadership in healthcare education and diverse clinical experience make her an outstanding provider.
Get to Know the Provider
How do you approach care?
I enjoy getting to know my patients for who they are. Primary care is wonderful because there is time to get to know patients over a long period of time. I strive to give evidence-based guidance to my patients but to make decisions together with them as a team. I will take the time to get to know what is going on in your life so we can help you optimize the quality of your health.
How and why did you decide to enter the field of medicine and your particular specialty?
I decided to become a doctor after getting malaria in Kenya when I was visiting over the summer as a college student. The doctor taking care of me in Kenya saved my life. I realized that there was so much opportunity to help others — across language barriers, cultural differences, and geographic restraints. I wanted to use medicine as a tool to help others. During medical school, I learned that I enjoyed connecting different systems together and treating patients holistically. I enjoyed working with both children and adults. This led me to pursue a dual residency career in both internal medicine and pediatrics.
What do you find rewarding about your career?
It is rewarding to be able to improve a patient’s life by helping them diagnose a medical problem or treating them for something that was causing them distress or pain. I enjoy developing trust with my patients over time and walking alongside them in their lives to help them improve their health. I also enjoy treating both adults and kids, and find it rewarding when I am privileged enough to take care of a whole family!
Why did you choose to join Sturdy Health?
Sturdy Health has a wonderful, personable group of physicians who are dedicated to taking care of patients. Simply put, they prioritize patient care. Sturdy Health also has extensive sub-specialty services within the same network, which means that sub-specialty care is easily accessible for patients.
How do you spend free time?
- Trying new restaurants around the area, baking
- Hiking, kickboxing, traveling
- Playing guitar and piano
- Spending time with my husband and my adorable toddler
Publications
Donner JR, Ding A, Herzlinger M, Subedi S, Alverson B. Pen Foreign Body Ingestion Mimicking Crohn's Disease in a Pediatric Patient. Rhode Island Medical Journal. 2022;105(4):41-43. Published 2022 May 2.
Murphy M, Ding A, Berk J, Rich J, Bayliss G. “Kidney Disease among People Who Are Incarcerated.” Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. Published online 2021 June 16. doi: 10.2215/CJN.01910221.
Berk J, Ding A, Rich J. “Health Effects of Prison.” Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Published online April 26, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190264079.013.230.
Ding A. “Reminders of Humanity: A Case I Wasn’t Expecting.” National Medicine Pediatrics Residency Association Winter 2021 Newsletter. 2021 March: 18-19.
Ding A, Shen B, Elliott S, Joshi K, Coghlin D, McLaughlin S. “Double Crossed: A Case of La Crosse Encephalitis.” Rhode Island Medical Journal. 2020 Apr 1;103(3):59-62. PMID: 32236166.
Ding A, Ratcliffe TA, Diamond A, Bowen EO, Penney LS, Crabtree MA, Kornsawad K, Moreland CJ, Garcia SE, Leykum LK. “Ready to collaborate?: medical learner experiences in interprofessional collaborative practice settings.” BMC Med Educ. 2020 Mar 23;20(1):85. doi: 10.1186/s12909-020-1992-1. PMID: 32293410; PMCID: PMC7092524.
