On Saturday, the team's internist, Dr. John Olichney, will give him a full examination to see what other tests are needed.
Members of the care team include internists, geriatricians, a gero-psychiatrist, a geriatrics social worker and geriatrics nurse practitioners.
There are nutrition seminars, talks by sports psychologists, cooking classes for children (to learn how to make healthy snacks), exercise programs for pregnant women and, soon, onsite fitness evaluations by La Palestra's team of internists, nutritionists, behavioral therapists, orthopedists and physical therapists.
Variables were modified and customized in consultation with study team cardiologists, internists, and nurses.
Each participating team included an internist, a rheumatologist, an immunologist, an obstetrician, a paediatrician and a haematologist.
A development team including gastroenterologists, internists, and psychometric experts was organized.
CF and COPD patient care order sets were developed by a multidisciplinary team including pulmonologists, internists, and allied health staff.
Furthermore, the medical, surgical, and pediatric wards are the largest and most representative wards at MTRH, and were prioritized for inclusion in this study by our multispecialty team of pediatricians, internists, oncologists, and surgeons.
The study was conducted in a 25-bed CVU, which is part of university affiliated chronic care hospital staffed by a team of pulmonologists, internists, nurses, respiratory therapists and rehabilitation specialists, including a medical director who is a pulmonologist.
In a 2003 study, another Dartmouth team, led by the internist Elliott Fisher, examined the treatment received by a million elderly Americans diagnosed with colon or rectal cancer, a hip fracture, or a heart attack.
