JoelHandlerMD

Physician

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I am board certified in Internal Medicine with board certifications in Critical Care Medicine and Geriatric Medicine. I am also a Specialist in Clinical Hypertension performing consultations on patients with difficult to control and resistant hypertension, having previously served on the 8th Joint National Committee on High Blood Pressure.

University of California (San Diego) Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 1976 - 1979
University of Pittsburgh School of MedicineClass of 1976

PubMed

42 citations
Translation of hypertension treatment guidelines into practice: a review of implementation
Joel Handler, Daniel T. Lackland
Journal of the American Society of Hypertension. 2011-07-01
60 citations
Impact of the number of blood pressure measurements on blood pressure classification in US adults: NHANES 1999-2008
Joel Handler, Yumin Zhao, Brent M. Egan
Journal of Clinical Hypertension. 2012-11-01
16 citations
Hypertensive Urgency
Joel Handler
Journal of Clinical Hypertension. 2007-01-31

Journal Articles

2014 Evidence-Based Guideline for the Management of High Blood Pressure in Adults
James,PA,Oparil S, Carter BL, Cushman WC, Dennison-Himmelfarb C, Handler J, et al., JAMA, 12/12/2013