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Internal medicine is the branch of medicine that deals with treating the whole patient. An internal medicine physician, also called an internist, can treat many illnesses and conditions, and is skilled in treating a patient who has several illnesses or disorders at the same time. This internist, who can be a primary care physician, emphasizes disease prevention and wellness, but can treat problems of the eyes, ears, skin, nervous system and reproductive organs, along with mental health or substance abuse issues.
The internal medicine physician can also treat cancer or diseases of the heart, blood, kidneys, joints, and digestive, respiratory more »
Professional Experience
Professional Affiliations/Memberships
American College of Physicians/American Society of Internal Medicine Fellow
American Society of Hypertension (1998)
Publications
1997,
Ineffective diastolic filling and mitral valve opening in tachycardia induced total pulsus alternans,
Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
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1995,
Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 Amplicon vectors with glucocorticoid inducible gene expression,
Human Gene Therapy
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1995,
Ex Vivo hepatic gene transfer in mouse using a defective HSV-1 vector,
Hepatology
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1994,
Functional characterization of rat GAP-43 promoter,
Brain Research
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Awards and Honors
1997, Harvey P. Lesselbaum Memorial Award, The Miriam Hospital, Brown University School of Medicine*