Pantel Steve Vokonas MD
Geriatrician | Geriatric Medicine
150 S Huntington Ave Va Boston Healthcare Jamaica Plain MA, 02130About
Dr. Pantel Vokonas practices Geriatric Medicine in Jamaica Plain, MA. Geriatricians prevent, manage, and develop care plans that address the special health problems of the elderly. Dr. Vokonas 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
Oh State Univ Coll of Med, Columbus Oh 1964
Ohio State University College of Medicine 1964
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Cardiovascular Disease
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Predictors of continued smoking over 25 years of follow-up in the normative aging
- A prospective study of dominance and coronary heart disease in the Normative Aging Study.
- Effects of nicotine gum dose by level of nicotine dependence.
- Changes in patterns of fatness in adult men in relation to serum indices of cardiovascular risk: the Normative Aging Study.
- Epidemiologic associations between periodontal disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
- Obesity and body fat distribution in relation to the incidence of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. A prospective cohort study of men in the normative aging study.
- Demographics of the prevalence, incidence, and management of coronary heart disease in the elderly and in women.
- Diagnostic and therapeutic implications: exploration through case discussions.
- Alcohol consumption and mortality in an American male population: recovering the U-shaped curve--findings from the normative Aging Study.
- Effects of air pollution on heart rate variability: the VA normative aging study.
- Glutathione-S-transferase M1, obesity, statins, and autonomic effects of particles: gene-by-drug-by-environment interaction.
- Body fat distribution, blood pressure, and hypertension. A prospective cohort study of men in the normative aging study.
- Inflammatory markers and particulate air pollution: characterizing the pathway to disease.
- HFE genotype, particulate air pollution, and heart rate variability: a gene-environment interaction.
- Age-related differences in risk factors for prostatectomy for benign prostatic hyperplasia: the VA Normative Aging Study.
Treatments
- High Cholesterol
- Heart Disease
- Coronary Artery Disease (cad)
- Pain
- Vascular Disease
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