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Geriatricians - North Miami Beach, FL

We found 5 geriatricians in North Miami Beach, FL. See refinement options below.

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Dr. Luis F. De Jongh, MD

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Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, Home Health, Geriatrics

1648 NE 163rd Street, North Miami Beach, FL 33162

high cholesterol (hyperlipidemia), hypertension (high blood pressure), cataracts
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Dr. Luis De Jongh's specialties are general practice, family medicine, and home health. He practices in Hialeah, FL and North Miami Beach, FL. He is a graduate of Instituto Superior De Ciencias Medicas De La Habana.

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Dr. Luis Rene Cabrera, MD

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Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, Geriatrics, Home Health

1648 NE 163rd Street, North Miami Beach, FL 33162

305-949-2000

Dr. Luis Cabrera's areas of specialization are general practice, family medicine, and home health; he sees patients in North Miami Beach, FL. He studied at Institute Technologico de Santo Domingo.

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Dr. Dania Gomez, MD

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Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, Home Health, Geriatrics

1648 NE 163rd Street, North Miami Beach, FL 33162

305-949-2000

Dr. Dania Gomez is a North Miami Beach, FL physician who specializes in general practice, family medicine, and home health. She attended Instituto Superior de Ciencias Medicas de Camaguey Carlos J. Finlay.

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Dr. Larissa Georgeon, MD, MPH

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Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, Geriatrics, Home Health

1648 NE 163rd Street, North Miami Beach, FL 33162

305-949-2000

Dr. Larissa Georgeon is a general practice, family medicine, and home health specialist in North Miami Beach, FL.

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Dr. Rik Balakrishna Smith, MD

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Internal Medicine, Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Family Medicine, Geriatrics

16800 NE 2nd Avenue, North Miami Beach, FL 33162

786-620-8289

Dr. Rik Smith is a hospice and palliative medicine (end-of-life care and serious illness) and geriatrics (elderly care) specialist in North Miami Beach, FL and Miami, FL. Dr. Smith studied at the University of Southern California (USC), Keck School of Medicine.

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What is Geriatrics?

Geriatrics is the subspecialty of internal medicine that provides primary care to older adults. Physical health tends to decline with age, and geriatricians work to manage such age-related concerns as chronic illness, frailty, multiple medications, and declining mental health to keep seniors as active and independent as possible.

Some of the most common concerns seen by a geriatrician include:

Mobility issues, including the need for canes and walkers, as well as preventing falls
Osteoporosis, a weakening of the bones, which affects as many as a quarter of all men and half of all women over fifty
Loss of hearing or vision
Incontinence, or the inability to control one's bladder
Memory loss, including dementia and Alzheimer's disease

A geriatrician may also provide their patients with comprehensive care that includes checking on their social health. Seniors are at increased risk for poverty, loneliness, abuse, and injuries in the home. As part of their health care, a geriatrician may inquire about family support, living conditions, or the ability of a patient to perform daily self-care tasks.

In some cases, a geriatrician may serve as an advisor to other physicians on a specific case or condition. However, most of the time geriatrics is a primary care specialty, and geriatricians provide routine health care to the older patients they work with.