Dr. Hosam K Kamel M.D.
Geriatrician | Geriatric Medicine
3601 S 6TH AVE TUCSON AZ, 85723About
Dr. Hosam Kamel practices Geriatric Medicine in Hot Springs National Park, AR. Geriatricians prevent, manage, and develop care plans that address the special health problems of the elderly. Dr. Kamel 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
Kuwait Univ, Fac of Med, Hlth Sci Ctr, Kuwait 1989
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Geriatric Medicine
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Diabetes mellitus among ethnic seniors: contrasts with diabetes in whites.
- Inappropriate use of therapeutic diets in the nursing home.
- Wound management in postacute care.
- Failure to diagnose and treat osteoporosis in elderly patients hospitalized with hip fracture.
- The activities of daily vision scale: a useful tool to assess fall risk in older adults with vision impairment.
- Hormone replacement therapy and fractures in older adults.
- Body mass index and mortality among hospitalized elderly patients.
- Utilizing pain assessment scales increases the frequency of diagnosing pain among elderly nursing home residents.
- Testosterone and resistance training in AIDS.
- Postprandial hypotension and relation to falls in institutionalized elderly persons.
- Frequency of ophthalmic assessments among elderly whites and African Americans with eye disease and impact on visual function.
- Low-dose thiazide and bone density.
- Falls' guidelines and osteoporosis assessment.
- Sarcopenia and aging.
- Sexuality in the nursing home, part 1: attitudes and barriers to sexual expression.
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