Dr. Edward R. Marcantonio M.D.
Geriatrician | Geriatric Medicine
110 Francis St Beth Israel Deacones Boston MA, 02215About
Dr. Edward Marcantonio practices Geriatric Medicine in Boston, MA. Geriatricians prevent, manage, and develop care plans that address the special health problems of the elderly. Dr. Marcantonio 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
Harvard Med Sch, Boston Ma 1987
Harvard Medical School 1987
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Geriatric Medicine
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Atrial natriuretic peptide and the development of congestive heart failure in the oldest old: a seven-year prospective study.
- Factors associated with unplanned hospital readmission among patients 65 years of age and older in a Medicare managed care plan.
- Restricted activity: key indicator of decline or "just having a bad day"?.
- Delirium among newly admitted postacute facility patients: prevalence, symptoms, and severity.
- Prevalence and correlates of recognized depression in U.S. nursing homes.
- Characteristics associated with delirium persistence among newly admitted post-acute facility patients.
- Atherosclerosis is associated with delirium after coronary artery bypass graft surgery.
- A model for management of delirious postacute care patients.
- Association between delirium resolution and functional recovery among newly admitted postacute facility patients.
- Nursing home capabilities and decisions to hospitalize: a survey of medical directors and directors of nursing.
- Impaired executive function is associated with delirium after coronary artery bypass graft surgery.
- Nursing home patients in the intensive care unit: Risk factors for mortality.
- Decision making and counseling around mammography screening for women aged 80 or older.
- Reliability of a structured assessment for nonclinicians to detect delirium among new admissions to postacute care.
- Association between psychomotor activity delirium subtypes and mortality among newly admitted post-acute facility patients.
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