Tempe Geriatric Doctors
- 1 Board certified
- 22 Reviews
- Average rating is 3.6 stars
- Average wait time is 27 minutes
Top Geriatric Doctors in Tempe, AZ
4515 S Mcclintock Dr
Ste 100
Tempe, AZ 85282
- Family Medicine
- Family Medicine - Geriatric Medicine
- 29 years experience
- Board certified
- Completed fellowship
6301 S Mcclintock Dr
Ste 201
Tempe, AZ 85283
- Internal Medicine
- Internal Medicine - Addiction Medicine
- Geriatric Medicine
- 26 years experience
- Rated 4 stars by patients
- 4 star hospital
- Short wait time
16623 N 59th Pl
Scottsdale, AZ 85254
- Psychiatry
- Psychosomatic Medicine
- Addiction Psychiatry
- Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
- Geriatric Psychiatry
- Hospice & Palliative Medicine
- Neurodevelopmental Disabilities
- 47 years experience
- Rated 4 stars by patients
303 E Baseline Rd
Ste 301
Phoenix, AZ 85042
- Geriatric Medicine
- 39 years experience
- 4 star hospital
- Completed fellowship
A geriatric specialist is a physician who treats the elderly population and the conditions that most commonly affect them. These doctors have special training in the effects of aging on the body and mind of a patient.
Geriatric specialists treat common ailments faced by senior citizens, such as frailty, incontinence, memory problems, arthritis, senility, decreased functioning and more.
In addition, geriatric specialists keep abreast of the different medications that an elderly person is prescribed to treat their more complex health issues in order to decrease adverse side effects and avoid dangerous drug interactions.
The area of Tempe, AZ has a population of approximately 167,311 people. There are 4 geriatric doctors near Tempe, which gives it a ratio of 1 geriatric doctor per 41,828 residents or a ratio of 1 geriatric doctor per 16,830 households. There are 67,319 households in Tempe.
