Dr. John Peter Kugler M.D.
Geriatrician | Geriatric Medicine
9501 Farrell Rd Fort Belvoir VA, 22060About
Dr. John Kugler practices Geriatric Medicine in Fort Belvoir, VA. Geriatricians prevent, manage, and develop care plans that address the special health problems of the elderly. Dr. Kugler 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
University of California 1977
Board Certification
Family MedicineAmerican Board of Family MedicineABFM- Geriatric Medicine
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Hyponatremia and hypernatremia in the elderly.
- An educational report: the mechanics of geriatric assessment in a military community-based family practice residency.
- Prevalence of cocaine and marijuana use among pregnant women in a military health care setting.
- Influenza immunization: the impact of notifying patients of high-risk status.
- An evaluation of prenatal care utilization in a military health care setting.
- Lack of difference in neonatal mortality between blacks and whites served by the same medical care system.
- Agenesis of the corpus callosum in two brothers.
- Reciprocal translocation 14q;21q in a patient with the Brachmann-de Lange syndrome.
- Barriers to screening: the theory of reasoned action applied to mammography use in a military beneficiary population.
- Transvaginal ultrasound and surveillance on estrogen therapy.
- Vitamin B12 deficiency.
- Predicting exercise in older Americans: using the theory of planned behavior.
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