Dr. Henry Burrell Kirby M.D.
Geriatrician | Geriatric Medicine
7220 Kirby Dr Houston TX, 77030About
Dr. Henry Kirby practices Geriatric Medicine in Houston, TX. Geriatricians prevent, manage, and develop care plans that address the special health problems of the elderly. Dr. Kirby 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.
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Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- A managed care approach to high-risk screening and case management in the elderly.
- Comparison of two cognitive screening measures for efficacy in differentiating dementia from depression in a geriatric inpatient population.
- Team assessment of geriatric mental patients. (II): Behavioral dynamics and psychometric testing in the diagnosis of functional dementia due to hysterical behavior.
- Geriatric evaluation program in a private hospital: implications for health care planning.
- Team assessment of geriatric mental patients: the care of functional dementia produced by hysterical behavior.
- Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia treated with pyrimethamine and sulfadiazine.
- Role of lysosomes and cathepsin inhibitor in plasma during pneumococcal infection.
- The geriatric evaluation team.
- Brief neuropsychologic differentiation of demented versus depressed elderly inpatients.
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