Dr. Peter A Engel M.D.
Geriatrician | Geriatric Medicine
150 S Huntington Ave Va Medical Center Jamaica Plain MA, 02130About
Dr. Peter Engel practices Geriatric Medicine in Jamaica Plain, MA. Geriatricians prevent, manage, and develop care plans that address the special health problems of the elderly. Dr. Engel 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
Duke University School of Medicine 1970
State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine 1989
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Geriatric Medicine
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Atypical dementia and spastic paraplegia in a patient with primary lateral sclerosis and numerous necortical beta amyloid plaques: new disorder or Alzheimer's disease variant?
- George L. Engel, M.D., 1913-1999: remembering his life and work; rediscovering his soul.
- New onset migraine associated with use of soy isoflavone supplements.
- Diabetic amyotrophy and autoimmune thyroiditis: are they related?
- Does computed tomographic brain imaging have a place in the diagnosis of dementia?
- Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome complicating T-cell lymphoma: unusual or unrecognized?
- Sudden appearance and spontaneous regression of diffuse large B cell lymphoma in a man with a broken arm.
- Does metabolic failure at the synapse cause Alzheimer's disease?
- Is age-related failure of metabolic reprogramming a principal mediator in idiopathic Parkinson's disease? Implications for treatment and inverse cancer risk.
- Alzheimer's disease and dementia: new perspectives on an old problem.
- Effect of exogenous vasopressin on vasopressin release.
- Wandering patients in the Veterans Affairs system.
- Nonabandonment: medical ethics.
- Cyclobenzaprine-induced delirium in two octogenarians.
- Geriatric fellowship training.
Treatments
- Dementia
- Memory Loss
- Vascular Disease
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