Dr. Robert L. Perkel M.D.
Family Practitioner
833 Chestnut St Suite 301 Philadelphia PA, 19107Rating
4/5
About
Dr. Robert Perkel is a family practitioner practicing in Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Perkel specializes in comprehensive health care for people of all ages. In addition to diagnosing and treating illnesses, family practitioners also put focus on preventative care with routine checkups, tests and personalized coaching on how to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Dr. Perkel possesses immense general knowledge on maintaining health and today, family practitioners provide more care for the underserved and rural populations than any other medical specialty.
Education and Training
Albert Einstein College of Medicine - Yeshiva University 1978
Board Certification
Family MedicineAmerican Board of Family MedicineABFM
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The three R's of long term health care for the elderly: regulation, rationing, and railroading. Panel discussion.
- Safety in home care of the frail elderly: dilemmas and trade-offs. Would you take this patient home?
- Ethics and managed care.
- Prevention in adulthood: forging a doctor-patient partnership.
- Restraining devices for patients in acute and long-term care facilities.
- Physician compliance with mammography guidelines: a retrospective chart review.
- Medical ethics in medical practice.
- Follow-up study of an urban family medicine home visit program.
- Relationship of advance directives to hospital charges in a Medicare population.
- Ethics and managed care.
- The importance of advance directives in primary care.
Treatments
- Diabetes
- Asthma
- Heart Disease
- Heart Failure
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Pain
- Degenerative Disc Disease (ddd)
- Vascular Disease
Dr. Robert L. Perkel M.D.'s Practice location
Practice At 833 Chestnut St Suite 301
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