Alzheimer's Disease Patient Caregiver Guide Center - Hollywood, FLHollywood Geriatrician Doctors for Alzheimer's Disease Patient Caregiver GuideType of Physician: Geriatrician What is a Geriatrician? A subspecialty certification by the Board of Internal Medicine. Practitioners are trained in the care of elderly adults. Their specific goals are maximizing cognitive (thinking) function, independence, and mobility while minimizing side effects of medications. Specialty: Internal Medicine - Geriatrics Common Name: Geriatrician Doctors in Hollywood * Alix Gay MD  Leung Healthcare Hollywood  Leung Healthcare Hollywood  Leung Healthcare Hollywood  Memorial Regional Hospital  Clinic of Successful Aging  Hernando Giraldo MD Inc  Hernando Giraldo MD Inc  Chen Medical Associates  Howard Medical Center PA  Clifford J Benezra MD  Clifford J Benezra MD  L & M Medical Clinic  Invictus Medical Center  Miguel E Gonzalez MD  Seminole Tribe Of FL Hlth Clin  South Broward Comm Hlth Svs  Doctors Medical Center  Pembroke Pines VA Clinic  Concentra Urgent  Husman Khan MD  Nova Southeastern University  Nova Southeastern University  Nova Southeastern University  Mohammed I Baig Md  Geriatric&Palliative Care Ctr  Pines Medical Center  Qual Care Medical Group  Memorial Regional Critical Care  Edmundo R Tamayo MD  Broward Injuries Rehabilitation  Angeles Losada MD PHD PA  Kesden & Lerner Mds  Kesden & Lerner Mds  Durairaj Venkatasamy MD  Unimed Coral Ridge  Oded Shechter MD  Wellness Medical Clinic/GER  Maher & Galdames MDs  PMC Plantation LLC  PMC Plantation LLC  PMC Plantation LLC  PMC Plantation LLC  PMC Plantation LLC  Behnam Birgani DO  Holy Cross Medical Group  Holy Cross Medical Group  Holy Cross Medical Group  Holy Cross Medical Group  Internal Medicine/Geriatric Hlt  John J Madonna DO  Adult & Geriatric Inst South Fl  Adult & Geriatric Inst South Fl  Anthony P Previte MD  Edward S Walker MD  Medical Help Family Practice  Robert L Odell MD  Medhat A Awad MD  Medical Center Of Sunrise  CAC Florida Medical Center  Miami Jewish Health Systems  Miami Jewish Health Systems  Andrea Gold-Schein MD  Susana Gonzalez MD  Amiel A Levin MD  Mount Sinai Physicians Practice  Mount Sinai Outpatient Clinic  Center For Adult/Geriatric Psyc  Mount Sinai Outpatient Clinic  Herbert L Rothman MD  Amiel Levine MD  Mount Sinai Medical Center Psyc  Sreenivas Nara MD  Shahrad Mabourakh MD PA  Lili Estrin MD  Cleveland Clinic Weston  Cleveland Clinic Weston  Cleveland Clinic Weston  Cleveland Clinic Weston  Linda A Groene MD  Otto L Secada MD PA  Gerardo C Perez DO  Charles Herrera MD PA  George H Waked MD  Clinicare Medical Center  Miami VA Medical Center Grtrcs  Southgate Medical Center  University Of Miami Geriatrics  Lawrence E Dorf MD  Lai-Yuan Liu MD  Maggio & Rosenbaum MDs  Holy Cross Medical Group  Reinaldo Carvajal MD  Ernest C Boudet MD  Doral Family Medicine Practice  Luis S Veras MD  Rafael A Barrial MD  Health Care Partners South Fl  Mario D Torres MD  J Robert Mannino DO Hollywood, FloridaUpcoming Local Events2013-05-18
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