KristinaGBalangueMDFACP(She/Her)

Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Physician

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Kristina Balangue, MD is a geriatric specialist based in Phoenix, AZ, with subspecialty expertise in Hospice and Palliative Medicine. She completed her fellowship in Geriatric Medicine at Rush University Medical Center and her residency in Internal Medicine at Harlem Hospital Center. A graduate of the University of the Philippines College of Medicine, she currently serves as a Geriatrics Palliative Care Inpatient Consultant at Banner - University Medical Center Phoenix since 2020. Previously, she worked in Primary Care and Geriatrics at Banner Del E. Webb Medical Center from 2014 to 2019.

University of Arizona College of Medicine-PhoenixFellowship, Hospice and Palliative Medicine, 2019 - 2020
Rush University Medical CenterFellowship, Geriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine), 2009 - 2010
Harlem Hospital CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 2006 - 2009
University of the Philippines College of MedicineClass of 2003

PubMed

Optimizing inpatient rehabilitation use in older adults with trauma: A collaborative geriatric trauma approach.
Garrett Trang, Maeliss Gelas, Kristina Balangue, Natasha Keric, Nimit Agarwal
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2024-11-26

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