Dr. Jerry H Gurwitz MD
Geriatrician | Geriatric Medicine
35 Millbury St Auburn MA, 01501About
Dr. Jerry Gurwitz practices Geriatric Medicine in Auburn, MA. Geriatricians prevent, manage, and develop care plans that address the special health problems of the elderly. Dr. Gurwitz works as part of a team with other healthcare providers, to address the natural aging that goes on within the body and to manage multiple medical problems and ensure social support.
Education and Training
Univ Of Ma Med Sch- Worcester Ma 1983
University Of Massachusetts Medical School 1983
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Differences in discharge medication after acute myocardial infarction in patients
- Agreement between drug treatment data and a discharge diagnosis of diabetes mellitus in the elderly.
- Use of aspirin, beta-blockers, and lipid-lowering medications before recurrent acute myocardial infarction: missed opportunities for prevention?
- Introducing managed care to the medical school curriculum: effect on student attitudes.
- Challenges of prescribing low-dose drug therapy for older people.
- The effect of an Rx-to-OTC switch on medication prescribing patterns and utilization of physician services: the case of H2-receptor antagonists.
- Long-term anticoagulation therapy for atrial fibrillation in elderly patients: efficacy, risk, and current patterns of use.
- Prescribing for seniors: neither too much nor too little.
- Age- and gender-related use of low-dose drug therapy: the need to manufacture low-dose therapy and evaluate the minimum effective dose.
- Aging, comorbidity, and reduced rates of drug treatment for diabetes mellitus.
- Knowledge, patterns of care, and outcomes of care for generalists and specialists.
- Timeliness and quality of care for elderly patients with acute myocardial infarction under health maintenance organization vs fee-for-service insurance.
- Duration of, and temporal trends (1994-1997) in, prehospital delay in patients with acute myocardial infarction: the second National Registry of Myocardial Infarction.
- Health care quality, the older patient, and the primary care physician.
- Undertreatment of hyperlipidemia in the secondary prevention of coronary artery disease.
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