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Goldsboro (21.3 mi)
Raleigh (24.78 mi)

Nearby Zip Codes

27530 (2) (16.25 mi)
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  • Sakeitha Crowder, MD
    100 Points

    Sakeitha Crowder, MD

    Distance: 21.3 mi
    2400 Wayne Memorial Drive
    Suite I
    Goldsboro, NC 27534
  • Kumbaiah Murthy, MD

    Kumbaiah Murthy, MD

    Cherry Hospital
    Distance: 21.3 mi
    1919 Stephens St
    Goldsboro, NC 27530
  • Charlotte Thompson, MD

    Charlotte Thompson, MD

    Distance: 21.3 mi
    205 Stratford Rd
    Goldsboro, NC 27530
  • Barry Ostrow, MD, IMG 100 Points

    Barry Ostrow, MD, IMG

    Raleigh Psychiatric Associates Pa
    Distance: 24.78 mi
    3900 Browning Pl Ste 201
    Raleigh, NC 27609
  • Arvind Jariwala, MD 100 Points

    Arvind Jariwala, MD

    Wake Internal Medicine Consultants Inc
    Distance: 24.78 mi
    3100 Blue Ridge Rd Ste 300
    Raleigh, NC 27612
  • Mary Forbes, MD

    Mary Forbes, MD

    Distance: 24.78 mi
    3900 Browning Pl
    Raleigh, NC 27609
  • Clare Sanchez, MD

    Clare Sanchez, MD

    Distance: 24.78 mi
    4909 Green Rd
    Raleigh, NC 27616
  • Hervy Kornegay, MD 100 Points

    Hervy Kornegay, MD

    MT Olive Family Medicine Ctr
    Distance: 26.48 mi
    238 Smith Chapel Rd
    Mount Olive, NC 28365

Nearby Cities

Goldsboro (21.3 mi)
Raleigh (24.78 mi)

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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