Alzheimer's Disease Patient Caregiver Guide Center - The Woodlands, TXThe Woodlands 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 The Woodlands * Woodlands Internists  Woodlands Internists  Family & Senior Medical Clinic  Balbir S Chahal MD PA  Tomball Reg Int Medcn Assocs  Tomball Reg Int Medcn Assocs  Tomball Reg Int Medcn Assocs  Ramakrishna Chava MD  Family Health Clinic  Mansoora A Sheikh MD  Lillian G Howard MD  Alivio Family Medical Center  1960 Family Practice PA  Kingwood Urgent Care & Spcl Car  Premier Northwest Houston Med  Premier Northwest Houston Med  Clinica La Salud  Milton Guerrero MD  I Jason Chong MD PA  Salim A Lakhani MD  Salazi Medical Clinic  Clinica Santa Cruz  Houston Medical Clinic  Northwest Nurse Practitioner Cl  Lyndon B Johnson Hospital GER  Lyndon B Johnson Hospital GER  Jeffrey Y Lee MD  Memorial Hermann Medical Group  Texas Family & Geriatric Clinic  Suparna M Chhibber MD  Prime Medic PA  Prime Medic PA  Prime Medic PA  Texas Medical & Geriatric Ctr  Progressive Medicine Associates  Institute For Anti-Aging Med  Dairy Ashford Fam Prac Assocs  Baylor Clinic Geriatrics  Baylor Clinic Geriatrics  Baylor Clinic Geriatrics  Baylor Clinic Geriatrics  Baylor Clinic Geriatrics  Surainder K Ajmani MD PA  UT Physicians Bellaire Fam Prac  Dorrington Medical Associates  Quentin Mease Community Hosp  UT Physicians Bellaire Clinic  UT Physicians Ctr Hlthy Agng  UT Physicians Bellaire Clinic  Prohealth Doctors  St Lukes Center For Wound Care  Houston Internal Medcn/Wllnss  Vanguard Geriatrics  Vanguard Geriatrics  Vanguard Geriatrics  Sistla B Krishna MD  West Oaks Geriatric Center  Advanced Geriatrics  Advanced Geriatrics  Advanced Geriatrics  Advanced Geriatrics  Alief Geriatrics Associates PA  Gulfgate Community Health Ctr  Gerid Medical Consultants  Physicians At Sugar Creek  Denis E Bergeron MD  Fort Bend Geriatrics  Fort Bend Geriatrics  Fort Bend Geriatrics  Fort Bend Geriatrics  Fort Bend Geriatrics  Geriatric Associates of America  Geriatric Associates of America  Geriatric Assoc / America PA  Geriatric Assoc / America PA  Geriatric Assoc / America PA  Geriatric Assoc / America PA  Geriatric Assoc / America PA  Geriatric Assoc / America PA  Carl R Meisner MD  Sugar Land Geriatrics Med Ass  Sugar Land Geriatrics Med Ass  James J Bernick MD  Deirdre Mcmullen MD PA  Chris D Hays MD  William L High MD PA  Memorial Hermann Medical Group  UTMB Stark Diabete Multispecial  UTMB Stark Diabete Multispecial  UTMB Stark Diabete Multispecial  UTMB Stark Diabete Multispecial  UTMB Stark Diabete Multispecial  UTMB Stark Diabete Multispecial  UTMB Stark Diabete Multispecial  Center For Primary Care Spec  Center For Primary Care Spec  Medical Leaders & Associates  University Texas Medical Branch  UTMB Faculty Group Practice  University Texas Medical Branch The Woodlands, TexasUpcoming Local Events2013-07-14
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