Dr. Gerald William Smetana M.D.
Internist
330 Brookline Ave Boston MA, 02215Rating
5/5
About
Dr. Gerald Smetana is an internist practicing in Boston, MA. Dr. Smetana specializes in the medical treatment of adults. Internists can act as a primary physician or a consultant to a primary physician. They manage both common and rare diseases. Dr. Smetana provides comprehensive care and manages treatment with surgeons as well. Internists establish long-term relationships with their patients and incorporate disease prevention and mental health care into their practice.
Education and Training
Univ of Ca, San Francisco, Sch of Med, San Francisco Ca 1984
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Preoperative pulmonary evaluation.
- Primary psoas abscess due to Fusobacterium nucleatum.
- The diagnostic value of historical features in primary headache syndromes: a comprehensive review.
- Clinicians, educators, and investigators in general internal medicine: bridging the gaps.
- Preoperative pulmonary assessment of the older adult.
- Factors that influence patient response to requests to change to a unified restrictive formulary.
- Preoperative pulmonary evaluation: identifying and reducing risks for pulmonary complications.
- Strategies to reduce postoperative pulmonary complications after noncardiothoracic surgery: systematic review for the American College of Physicians.
- A 68-year-old man with COPD contemplating colon cancer surgery.
- Perioperative cardiac evaluation: novel interventions and clinical challenges.
- Update in perioperative medicine.
- Preoperative pulmonary update.
- Medical evaluation of patients undergoing electroconvulsive therapy.
- Perioperative medicine update.
- Identification and evaluation of the patient with lung disease.
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