Dr. Gale Helen Rutan MD
Internist
Dc Veterans Affairs Medical Ctr 50 Irving St, Nw (11 Washington DC, 20422About
Dr. Gale Rutan is an internist practicing in Washington, DC. Dr. Rutan specializes in the medical treatment of adults. Internists can act as a primary physician or a consultant to a primary physician. They manage both common and rare diseases. Dr. Rutan provides comprehensive care and manages treatment with surgeons as well. Internists establish long-term relationships with their patients and incorporate disease prevention and mental health care into their practice.
Education and Training
Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania 1982
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania 1982
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Does syndrome X exist in hypertensive elderly persons with impaired glycemic control?
- Defining hypertension: never as simple as it seems.
- The association between time since last meal and blood pressure in older adults: the cardiovascular health study.
- Advances in management of hypertension in older persons.
- Orthostatic hypotension in older adults. The Cardiovascular Health Study. CHS Collaborative Research Group.
- Assessing the use of medications in the elderly: methods and initial experience in the Cardiovascular Health Study. The Cardiovascular Health Study Collaborative Research Group.
- Lost in translation: challenges and opportunities in physician-to-physician communication during patient handoffs.
- Potential problems with random zero sphygmomanometer.
- Systolic hypertension in the elderly.
- Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors: the end of end-stage renal disease?
- Temporal patterns of antihypertensive medication use among older adults, 1989 through 1992. An effect of the major clinical trials on clinical practice?
- Distribution of lipids in 8,500 men with coronary artery disease. Department of Veterans Affairs HDL Intervention Trial Study Group.
- Properties of the random zero sphygmomanometer.
- Compensatory increase in common carotid artery diameter. Relation to blood pressure and artery intima-media thickness in older adults. Cardiovascular Health Study.
- Effect of diuretic-based antihypertensive treatment on cardiovascular disease risk in older diabetic patients with isolated systolic hypertension. Systolic Hypertension in the Elderly Program Cooperative Research Group.
Treatments
- Diabetes
- Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (bph)
- Obesity
- Sleep Apnea
- Enlarged Prostate
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Coronary Artery Disease (cad)
- Pain
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea (osa)
- Vascular Disease
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