Dr. Itamar B Abrass MD
Geriatrician | Geriatric Medicine
Harborview Medical Center 325 9th Ave Seattle WA, 98104About
Dr. Abrass has retired from his position as Division Head but continues his teaching and clinical activities and the direction of the Northwest Geriatric Education Center.
Education and Training
Univ of Ca, San Francisco, Sch of Med, San Francisco Ca 1966
University of California 1966
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Endocrinology and Metabolism
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- 1974
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Introduction: aging and the kidney.
- Some considerations regarding geriatric syndromes.
- Exercise training delineates the importance of B-cell dysfunction to the glucose intolerance of human aging.
- Differences in cardiovascular responses to isoproterenol in relation to age and exercise training in healthy men.
- Effect of intensive endurance training on lipoprotein profiles in young and older men.
- Treatment of myxedema and myxedema coma.
- Effects of physical conditioning on fibrinolytic variables and fibrinogen in young and old healthy adults.
- The glucose intolerance of aging. Implications for intervention.
- The effect of intensive endurance exercise training on body fat distribution in young and older men.
- Effect of exercise on insulin action, glucose tolerance, and insulin secretion in aging.
- Effects of metoprolol on rest and exercise cardiac function and plasma catecholamines in chronic congestive heart failure secondary to ischemic or idiopathic cardiomyopathy.
- Body fat distribution in healthy young and older men.
- The biology and physiology of aging.
- Characterization of the beta-adrenergic receptor of the rat peritoneal macrophage.
- Medication safety and chronic kidney disease in older adults prescribed metformin: a cross-sectional analysis.
Awards
- 2011 Seattle Super Doctors
Fellowships
- National Institutes of Health
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