Steven R. Gambert, Md

Biography

A graduate of Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in NYC, Dr. Gambert received his Internal Medicine training at Dartmouth Medical School and Fellowship traiing in Endocrinology and Metabolism and Gerontology /Geriatric Medicine at the Beth Israel Hospital/Harvard Medical School in Boston. He has held numerous leadership positions prior to joining the faculty at the University of Maryland including being Professor of Medicine at UMDNH-New Jersey Medical School, New York Medical College, and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Gambert was elected a Fellow of the American Geriatrics Society and the Gerontological Society of America and a Master of the American College of Physicians, its highest honor. He served as Editor-in-Chief of Clinical Geriatrics, the clinical journal of the American Geriatrics Society and has written over 400 articles, research reports and book chapters. He is the author of Be Fit For Life: A Guide to Successful Aging, published by World Scientific Publishing. Dr. Gambert has been elected Governor, New York Chapter of the American College of Physicians, President of Baltimore City Medical Society, Chair of Clinical Medicine, Gerontological Society of American, and President of the American Aging Association.

Research Interest

Dr. Gambert has focused his research efforts on Endocrine Aspects of Aging including aspects of thyroid and neuropeptide function in response to stress/nutrition; successful aging; atypical presentation of illness in the elderly; health care services for the elderly; trauma care in the elderly; and medical education.