
Dr. Heather E Whitson M.D.
Geriatrician | Geriatric Medicine
4101 N Roxboro St Durham NC, 27704About
Dr. Heather Whitson practices Geriatric Medicine in Durham, NC. Geriatricians prevent, manage, and develop care plans that address the special health problems of the elderly. Dr. Whitson 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.
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Patterns and predictors of smoking cessation in an elderly cohort.
- Effect of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors on the risk of fracture.
- The combined effect of visual impairment and cognitive impairment on disability in older people.
- Frailty thy name is ... Phrailty?
- Frailty predicts some but not all adverse outcomes in older adults discharged from the emergency department.
- Frailty and its potential relevance to cardiovascular care.
- New light on an age-old issue.
- Emergency department discharge diagnosis and adverse health outcomes in older adults.
- Parkinson's disease in women: a call for improved clinical studies and for comparative effectiveness research.
- The Junior Faculty Laboratory: an innovative model of peer mentoring.
- Higher medical morbidity burden is associated with external locus of control.
- Exploring predictors of complication in older surgical patients: a deficit accumulation index and the Braden Scale.
- Functional decline in older adults.
- Using the past to predict the future: latent class analysis of patterns of health service use of older adults in the emergency department.
- Phonemic fluency and brain connectivity in age-related macular degeneration: a
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Nearby Providers
- Dr. Mitchell Heflin M.D.2100 Erwin Rd Durham NC 27710
- Dr. Michael Andrew Lamantia M.D.101 Manning Dr Chapel Hill NC 27599
- Dr. Iftequar Unnisa Ahmed M.D.3225 Blue Ridge Rd Raleigh NC 27612
- Dr. Trevor Augustus Jolly M.D.101 Manning Dr Chapel Hill NC 27514
- Dr. Toni M Cutson M.D.508 FULTON ST DURHAM NC 27705
- Dr. Kenneth E Schmader M.D.4101 N Roxboro St Durham NC 27704
Nearest Hospitals
DUKE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALl
PO BOX 3814 DUMC ERWIN RD DURHAM NC 27710DUKE REGIONAL HOSPITALl
3643 N ROXBORO ROAD DURHAM NC 27704