Alzheimer's Disease Patient Caregiver Guide Center - Levittown, NYLevittown 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 Levittown * Island Primary Medical Care  Geriatric Care Associates  Jamal Siddiqui MD  Jamal Siddiqui MD  Jamal Siddiqui MD  Susan A Groh MD  Northshore LIJ Health System  Island Primary Medical Care  Island Primary Medical Care  Multi Dimensional Healthcare  Hospice Care Network  Shabbir M Sadikot MD  Alliance Family Medical Prac  Long Island Prof Med Svs  Gulati & Goyal MDs LLP  Mercy Hospital Psychiatric  Westview Internal Medcn/Ger  Winthrop Geriatric Medcn Assoc  Winthrop Geriatric Medcn Assoc  Winthrop Geriatric Medcn Assoc  Winthrop Geriatric Medcn Assoc  Doctors Immedicare  Glenford Nixon MD  Ghazanfar W Haidery MD PC  Ilie Dragomir MD  Hillside Internal Medicine  Hillside Internal Medicine  Girish Bulsara MD  First Medical  North Shore Medical Group  Z Medical Care  Peter J Kurzweil MD  Adam D Cohen MD  Advanced Internal Medicine  Advanced Internal Medicine  Advanced Internal Medicine  Family Practice Plan  Gregorio V Reyes MD  Geraldine Lanman MD  Yuan Hwang & Matthew Lin MDs  Long Island Jewish Intrnl Medcn  Long Island Jewish Intrnl Medcn  Parker Jewish Institute  Internal Medicine & Geriatrics  Heritage Integrative Health Svs  Hewlett Medical Office PC  Bruce K Lowell MD  Lowell B Taubman MD  Best Medical Care PC  Queens Long Island Medical Grp  Joseph H Halio MD  Queens Village Primary Med Care  Michael L Hundert MD  Gurwin Jewish Nursing & Rehab  Comprehensive Island Medical Cr  Robert B Meyerowitz MD  Madhukar Wadhera MD  Patients First Family Medical  Northport VA Medical Center  Mitchell A Cohn MD  Christopher Corines MD  Hillside Polymedic PC  VA Primary Care Extended Care  VA Primary Care Extended Care  Barra Rawlings & Coman Mds  Barra Rawlings & Coman Mds  Barra Rawlings & Coman Mds  Barra Rawlings & Coman Mds  Theramedical PC  Barra Rawlings & Coman Mds  Barra Rawlings & Coman Mds  Barra Rawlings & Coman Mds  William M Duke MD  South Queens Community Hlth Ctr  Mohammed M Rahman MD  Mohammed M Rahman MD  NY Queens Subspecialty Clinic  Olympus Health Center  John C Sciales MD  Flushing Primary Care Assocs  Daniel J Byrns MD  Sherwin B Batoon MD  Queens Medical Services PLLC  Medical Clinic  Jamaica Hospital Medical Center  Muhammad M Ramzan MD  Yusuf Getwell Pediatrics  Westmed Medical Group  Westmed Medical Group  Thomas Z Lyo MD PC  Faisal Waseem MD  Alexander Kintzoglu MD  Dharamjit N Kumar MD  Zheng-Bo O Huang MD  Allied Healthcare Physicians  Flushing Hospital Geristric Cli  Yi Ngai MD  Joseph J Tartaglia MD  Long Island Home Visiting Phys  Long Island Home Visiting Phys Levittown, New YorkUpcoming Local Events2013-06-30
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