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  • Marie A Dobyns, MD 10 Points

    Marie A Dobyns, MD

    Distance: 17.34 mi
    7350 VAN DUSEN RD STE 320
    LAUREL, MD 20707
  • Tiffany M Sanders, MD

    Tiffany M Sanders, MD

    Distance: 17.34 mi
    14440 CHERRY LANE COURT STE 104
    LAUREL, MD 20707
  • Grace Brooke Huffman, MD 250 Points

    Grace Brooke Huffman, MD

    Distance: 17.58 mi
    18100 Slade School Rd
    Sandy Spring, MD 20860
  • Lee Musher, MD

    Lee Musher, MD

    Suburban Hosp
    Distance: 17.86 mi
    14405 Coral Gables Way
    North Potomac, MD 20878
  • Raman Tuli, MD 100 Points

    Raman Tuli, MD

    Maple Springs Medical Ctr
    Distance: 19.31 mi
    10810 Darnestown Rd Ste 202
    Gaithersburg, MD 20878
  • Deborah Leavens, MD 100 Points

    Deborah Leavens, MD

    Herndon Family Medicine
    Distance: 19.48 mi
    108 Elden St Ste 14
    Herndon, VA 20170
  • Gregory Compton, MD 100 Points

    Gregory Compton, MD

    Hebrew Home Of Greater WA
    Distance: 20.06 mi
    6559 River Clyde Dr
    Highland, MD 20777
  • Kevin Barry, MD

    Kevin Barry, MD

    Distance: 22.02 mi
    1295 Lavall Dr
    Davidsonville, MD 21035
  • Richard Jensen, NP

    Richard Jensen, NP

    Richard Gerald Jensen, NP & Associates
    Distance: 22.09 mi
    6509 Radiant Gleam Way
    Clarksville, MD 21029
  • John H Weigel, MD

    John H Weigel, MD

    Distance: 23.51 mi
    10845 TOWN CENTER BLVD STE 204
    DUNKIRK, MD 20754
  • Mohit Negi, MD 140 Points

    Mohit Negi, MD

    North Arundel Senior Care
    Distance: 23.75 mi
    8601 Veterans Hwy Ste 204
    Millersville, MD 21108
  • Kevin Carlson, MD 120 Points

    Kevin Carlson, MD

    Milles Oken & Seals-Johns
    Distance: 26.09 mi
    10700 Charter Dr Ste 200
    Columbia, MD 21044
  • Jerry I Levine, MD 20 Points

    Jerry I Levine, MD

    Distance: 26.09 mi
    11055 LITTLE PATUXENT PKWY #104
    COLUMBIA, MD 21044
  • Nandakumar Vellanki, MD 10 Points

    Nandakumar Vellanki, MD

    Nandakumar B. Vellanki, MD
    Distance: 26.09 mi
    8850 Columbia 100 Parkway, Suite 308
    Columbia, MD 21045
  • Frank Gross, MD, IMG

    Frank Gross, MD, IMG

    Distance: 26.09 mi
    10001 Windstream Dr
    Columbia, MD 21044
  • Robert B Kroopnick, MD 10 Points

    Robert B Kroopnick, MD

    Distance: 28.8 mi
    795 AQUAHART RD STE 203
    GLEN BURNIE, MD 21061
  • Geetha Raja, DO, MD 10 Points

    Geetha Raja, DO, MD

    Distance: 30.53 mi
    4367 Hollins Ferry Rd Ste 3b
    Halethorpe, MD 21227
  • John H Weigel, MD

    John H Weigel, MD

    Distance: 34.55 mi
    110 HOSPITAL RD STE 310
    PRINCE FREDERICK, MD 20678

Geriatrician Info

Geriatrician Summary:
A Geriatrician studies the aging process and helps care for elderly patients. A geriatrician is also concerned with treating and preventing dementia. A geriatrician aims to promote the health in older adults by preventing and treating diseases and disabilities. Geriatricians provide individualized care based on the unique needs of the patient and are able to distinguish between diseases and the effects of normal aging. Functional abilities, independence, and quality of life issues are of great concern to geriatricians and their patients.

Geriatrician FAQs:
What is a

Geriatrician

?
A Geriatrician is a professional who studies the aging process. A Geriatrician also studies how to prevent diseases. One of the biggest issues for a Geriatrician is to prevent and treat dementia.

Who should visit a Geriatrician?
Older people who have an increase in health problems should seek help from a Geriatrician.

Where does a Geriatrician work?
A Geriatrician can work in an elderly facility, a hospital, a clinic, or in private practice.

What is the difference between a Geriatrician and a Gerontologist?
A Geriatrician treats and prevents the ill-effects of aging while a Gerontologist simply studies the aging process itself.


Geriatrician Related Terms:
aging, geriatrics, elderly, senility, dementia, Alzheimer's, geriatrician