Dr. Kurtis Scott Elward M.D., M.P.H.
Geriatrician | Geriatric Medicine
1450 Sachem Pl Unit 201 Charlottesville VA, 22901About
Dr. Kurtis Elward practices Geriatric Medicine in Charlottesville, VA. Geriatricians prevent, manage, and develop care plans that address the special health problems of the elderly. Dr. Elward 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
University of Illinois College of Medicine 1983
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The role of the principal clinical coordinator in the Health Care Financing Administration's Health Care Quality Improvement Initiative.
- Red blood cell transfusions for elective hip and knee arthroplasty: opportunity to improve quality of care and documentation.
- The quality of care for Medicare patients with peptic ulcer disease.
- Asthma days: an approach to planned asthma care.
- Patterns of asthma control perception in adolescents: associations with psychosocial functioning.
- Impact of lifestyle intervention on lost productivity and disability: improving control with activity and nutrition.
- Overview of changes to asthma guidelines: diagnosis and screening.
- Management of acute asthma exacerbations.
- HCFA's health care quality improvement program: the medical informatics challenge.
Treatments
- Moles
- Asthma
- High Cholesterol
- Warts
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Actinic Keratosis
- Birthmark
- Pneumonia
- Pain
- Prostatitis
- Vascular Disease
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