Geriatric Physician :
A health care professional with qualified degree of medicine who takes care of elderly patients with regard to their medical condition and their chronic illness such as diabtes ,hypertension , paralysis etc. Geriatric patients are most vulnerable patients as they might get infected very easily and a continous follow up with a physician is mandatory.The dose of medicines being administered to geriatric patients would be different in few cases when compared with the normal age group. Geriatric physician considers all of this and treats them. Any qualified physicain who has done his masters and fellowship program in geriatric medicine is considered to be a geriatric physician.