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28732 (1) (12.66 mi)
28711 (1) (13.5 mi)
28739 (2) (19.75 mi)
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  • Margaret Noel, MD 110 Points

    Margaret Noel, MD

    Memory Disorders Clinic
    2360 Sweeten Creek Rd, Memory Assessment Clinic
    Asheville, NC 28803
  • Kathleen Marshall, MD, MD

    Kathleen Marshall, MD, MD

    1257 Hendersonville Rd
    Asheville, NC 28803
  • Albert Ford, MD

    Albert Ford, MD

    Park Ridge Medical Associates
    Distance: 12.13 mi
    132 Homestead Farm Circle
    Fletcher, NC 28732
  • Harold Gollberg, MD 100 Points

    Harold Gollberg, MD

    Black Mountain Ctr
    Distance: 13.13 mi
    932 Old US Highway 70 W
    Black Mountain, NC 28711
  • Joanne Helppie, MD

    Joanne Helppie, MD

    Joanne Helppie, MD
    Distance: 20.19 mi
    708D Fleming Street
    Hendersonville, NC 28739
  • Russell Sacco, MD

    Russell Sacco, MD

    Distance: 20.19 mi
    319 Smith Dr
    Hendersonville, NC 28739
  • Thomas Kaluzynski, MD 100 Points

    Thomas Kaluzynski, MD

    Yanvey Comm Med Ctr
    Distance: 26.06 mi
    320 Pensacola Rd
    Burnsville, NC 28714
  • Kimberly Bridges, MD

    Kimberly Bridges, MD

    Whitney & Bridges Walters & Snipes, MD's
    Distance: 31.33 mi
    220 Hospital Drive
    Columbus, NC 28722

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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