Dr. Elizabeth Lipton Cobbs MD
Geriatrician | Geriatric Medicine
2150 Pennsylvania Ave Nw Department Of Medici Washington DC, 20037About
Dr. Elizabeth Cobbs practices Geriatric Medicine in Washington, DC. Geriatricians prevent, manage, and develop care plans that address the special health problems of the elderly. Dr. Cobbs 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- Geriatric Medicine
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- 1985
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Hospice and Palliative Medicine- 2008
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Improving quality in end-of-life care: dying at home.
- Improving the quality of end of life care: how?
- Happy birthday to the journal: best paper of the 1980s.
- Chronic colonic pseudo-obstruction associated with recurrent congestive heart failure.
- Impact of a home-based primary care program in an urban Veterans Affairs medical center.
- Effective geriatric rehabilitation is not non-individualized group health education.
- Health of older women.
Awards
- Prince Scholar, Hospice and Palliative Care of Metro Washington 2000
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