Dr. Anthony J Lechich MD
Geriatrician | Geriatric Medicine
1249 Fifth Avenue Terence Cardinal Coo New York NY, 10029About
Dr. Anthony Lechich practices Geriatric Medicine in New York, NY. Geriatricians prevent, manage, and develop care plans that address the special health problems of the elderly. Dr. Lechich 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
Suny-Hlth Sci Ctr At Brooklyn, Coll of Med, Brooklyn Ny 1970
State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine 1970
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The elements of risk for the institutionalized elderly.
- Home care in jeopardy. The impact of severe fiscal pressures on patients, management, and staff: the perspective of management and staff.
- Genome-wide significance for a modifier of age at neurological onset in Huntington's disease at 6q23-24: the HD MAPS study.
- Survey of community-based programs serving U.S. families with Huntington's disease: perceived barriers and facilitators in the residential placement process.
- Huntington's disease.
- Perspective: nursing home care paradox--ensuring quality of life, fostering dignity in death.
- A patient homebound by panic: understanding and treating agoraphobia.
- House calls.
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