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Overview of Dr. Phongtankuel
Dr. Veerawat Phongtankuel is a geriatrician in New York, NY and is affiliated with New York-Presbyterian Hospital. He received his medical degree from State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine and has been in practice 8 years. He is one of 66 doctors at New York-Presbyterian Hospital who specialize in Geriatrics. He has more than 30 publications and over 450 citings.
Education & Training
New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus)Fellowship, Geriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine), 2012 - 2014
Temple University HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 2009 - 2012
State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of MedicineClass of 2009
Certifications & Licensure
NY State Medical License 2014 - 2027
PA State Medical License 2009 - 2012
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Geriatric Medicine
Clinical Trials
- Developing and Piloting a Multi-component Technology-based Care Intervention to Address Patient Symptoms and Caregiver Burden in Home Hospice. Phase 1. Start of enrollment: 2021 May 18
- Piloting a Multi-component Technology-based Care Intervention to Address Patient Symptoms in Home Hospice Start of enrollment: 2022 Feb 14
Roles: Contact
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- A Hospice Intervention for Caregivers: Improving Home Hospice Management of End-Of-Life Symptoms (I-HoME) Pilot Study.Veerawat Phongtankuel, Sara J Czaja, Taeyoung Park, Jerad Moxley, Ronald D Adelman
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2025-11-01 - Comparative Effectiveness of Two Methods for Assigning Care Coordinators to People Living With Dementia.Lisa M Kern, Catherine Riffin, Veerawat Phongtankuel, Samprit Banerjee, Joanna B Ringel
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2025-09-01 - Perspectives of Hospice Medical Directors on Challenges and Solutions for Improving Care for Persons Living With Dementias (PLWD) and Their Caregivers.Taeyoung Park, Abhay Tiwari, Elizabeth Luth, Yongkang Zhang, Simone Prather
The American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Care. 2025-08-20
Grant Support
- Detecting respiratory distress in nursing home patients with advanced ADRD using radio sensorsWEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV2024–2026
- "Developing and piloting a multi-component technology-based care intervention to address patient symptoms and caregiver burden in home hospice"WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV2019–2025
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