Personally, I completed four years of medical school, spent three years in an internal medicine residency, and finished with an extra year of fellowship in geriatric medicine.

“Why would I see a geriatrician?”

As a geriatrician, I can be your primary care physician or your specialist! We typically are allowed more time with our patient visits, and have a lot of flexibility in the models of care in which we practice. We specialize in the care of the elderly and all the challenges that come with aging! Memory disorders, frailty, osteoporosis, etc.

“When should I see a geriatrician?”

This question is so common - very few people want to see a geriatrician because it can make a person feel, well, old. Rest assured, we still visit with people who are young but have a lot of chronic medical conditions. Typically I think of retirement age (usually 65 in the United States), as the numerical age to start seeing a geriatrician. However, age is just a number and there is so much more to aging than the number of birthdays a person has had!