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Dr. Andrew Duxbury
Dr. Duxbury has an extensive background in community based geriatric programs. While on the faculty at the University of California he developed courses in geriatric health and wellness and founded an educational house call program to teach physicians in training the disappearing art of health care in the home environment. In 1998 he joined the faculty of gerontology and geriatric medicine at the University of Alabama where he is medical director of UAB geriatrics.
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