Alzheimer's Disease Patient Caregiver Guide Center - Oak Park, ILOak Park 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 Oak Park * Doctor Divas  Rush Anchorage Medical Group  Rush Oak Park Physicians Group  Rush Oak Park Physicians Group  Oak Park Medical Center  Bahir A Mansur MD  Midtown Physicians  Vanguard Medical Group  Midtown Physicians  Midtown Physicians  Midtown Physicians  Rush Oak Park Physicians Group  Hines VA Hospital Geriatrics  Hines VA Hospital Geriatrics  Hines VA Hospital Geriatrics  Hines VA Hospital Geriatrics  Hines VA Hospital Geriatrics  Hines VA Hospital Geriatrics  Hines VA Hospital Geriatrics  Hines VA Hospital Geriatrics  Center For Family Health  Adult Medicine  Haresh B Sawlani MD  Holy Family Medical Center  Mobile Doctors  Mobile Doctors  Mobile Doctors  Mobile Doctors  John H Stroger Jr Hosp Ck Cnty  Rush University Senior Care  Henry Danko MD  Rush University Senior Care  Rush University Senior Care  Rush University Senior Care  Rush University Senior Care  Rush University Senior Care  Rush University Senior Care  UI Comprehensive Sickle Cll Ctr  Rush Memory Clinic  Union Health Services  Joseph Z Pudlo MD  Couret Medical & Urgent Care  Mizera & Kim MDs  Swedish Covenant Wound Care Ctr  Ressurection Medical Group  Lincona Medical  Foster Medical Center  Presence Center For Health  Presence Center For Health  Presence Center For Health  Jerome V Donnelly DO  Adventist Midwest Geriatrics  Adventist Midwest Geriatrics  Dennis T Manshio MD  Adventist Midwest Geriatrics  Dennis T Manshio MD  Adventist Midwest Geriatrics  Adventist Midwest Geriatrics  Adventist Midwest Geriatrics  Adventist Midwest Geriatrics  Adventist Midwest Geriatrics  Glick & Walker Family Practice  Birinder S Marwah MD  Birinder S Marwah MD  Glick & Walker Family Practice  Ismail E Atcha MD  Howard Brown Triad Health Ctr  Center For Advanced Med & Sgy  Mercy Medical In Bridgeport  Oakton Park Medical Center  Adult Medicine Physicians  Rhoda S Pomerantz MD  Adult And Geriatric Medicine  Chicago Lake Shore Med Assocs  Northwestern Med Fclty Fndn  Neurobehavior & Memory Hlth Cln  Northwestern Med Fclty Fndn  Northwestern Med Fclty Fndn  Farooq Ahmed & Sami Atassi Mds  Shirley A Roy MD  Vanguard Medical Group  Shirley A Roy MD  Patel & Patel Mds  Patel & Patel Mds  Presence Heath Medical Group  Advocate Medical Group  J & M Tang MDs & Associates  J & M Tang MDs & Associates  Mark Reiter MD  Wayne C Williamson MD  P&D Medical Group  Advocate Lthrn Gen Hosp Hsptlst  Kirill V Zhadovich MD  Resurrection Medical Services  Geriatric Care Limited  Geriatric Care Limited  Advocate Medical Group  Advocate Medical Group  Advocate Medical Group  Midwest Primary Care Oak Park, IllinoisUpcoming Local Events2013-06-02
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