geriatrics

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In March 2023, Schmidt met with George Hennawi, the MedStar system’s physician executive director of geriatrics and senior services, as well as others, including a pharmacist who went through her medications.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025

But some people do opt for testing which is outside standard age-based guidelines, says Dr Carla Perissinotto, a geriatrics specialist at the University of California San Francisco.

From BBC • Dec. 1, 2025

The causes for that kind of commonplace degeneration are complex, says Deborah M. Kado, chief of research for geriatrics at Stanford University and co-director of the Stanford Longevity Center.

From Slate • Feb. 27, 2025

Such testing is not readily at hand because of the paucity of effective treatment for Alzheimer’s, which has helped to make geriatrics a relatively unappealing specialty.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 13, 2023

She wore the insignia of a geriatrics supervisor.

From Life Sentence by Francis, Dick