Dr. Stuart Kanter
Internal Medicine - Geriatrics
Granville, OH
23 years experience male
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Central Ohio Geriatrics
Granville, OH
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I completed my residency in Family medicine and completed a fellowship in geriatric medicine at The Cleveland Clinic. I practice geriatric and hospice/palliative medicine and I am ABMS board certified in both of these fields. I am an American Medical Director's Association certified medical director. I am in a private group practice. My practice consists of seeing patients as attending physician in skilled nursing facilities, assisted living, and independent living. I am also the medical director of a continuous care retirement community. I am a hospice medical director and see patients as hospice a physician. My areas of interest include, dementia, skilled rehabilitation, palliative care, and improved transitional care.
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Doctors may have more than one area of specialty interest. Board certification in a specialty area means the doctor has completed formal training and has practice experience in that specialty, and has passed the certification examination from the corresponding accredited medical specialty board.
Internal Medicine - Geriatrics
Family Medicine
Geriatrics
Palliative Care
Languages spoken
English
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116 Answers
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A 48-year-old member asked:
Dr. Stuart Kanteranswered
Internal Medicine - Geriatrics 23 years experience
Yes: Diflucan (fluconazole) is an antifungal that is safe to take concurrently with antibiotics.
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A 73-year-old male asked:
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Internal Medicine - Geriatrics 23 years experience
Depends: Temazepam is a benzodiazepine and this class of medicines should be used with caution for a number of reasons. Depending on your father's age it may b... Read More
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A 21-year-old female asked:
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GPA: While all of those other things you mentioned are important, gpa is paramount.
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A 49-year-old member asked:
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Yes: Tylenol (acetaminophen) is analgesic and Cefdinir is an antibiotic.
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A 20-year-old female asked:
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Internal Medicine - Geriatrics 23 years experience
See physician: Suggestive of dishydrotic eczema, but needs to be visually evaluated. I suggest dermatologist.
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A 60-year-old male asked:
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Internal Medicine - Geriatrics 23 years experience
Depends if symptoms: If you are not having any problems then you do nothing. There is not great correlation between signs and symptoms of and results of spine mris. This m... Read More
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A 37-year-old member asked:
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Internal Medicine - Geriatrics 23 years experience
To some degree: Allergists are able to do something called desensitization therapy. They slowly expose an individual to small amounts of allergen over time to decreas... Read More
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A 39-year-old member asked:
Dr. Stuart Kanteranswered
Internal Medicine - Geriatrics 23 years experience
Yes: Azitthromycin is and antibiotic and ranitidine is an antihistamine used to suppress gastric acid and they are safe to take together.
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A 35-year-old member asked:
Dr. Stuart Kanteranswered
Internal Medicine - Geriatrics 23 years experience
Yes: Diflucan (fluconazole) can be taken with probiotic.
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A 45-year-old female asked:
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Internal Medicine - Geriatrics 23 years experience
See physician: This is concerning for carbuncle (boil) or cellulitis.
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A 34-year-old member asked:
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Internal Medicine - Geriatrics 23 years experience
Recommend against: Mucinex (guaifenesin) dm and nyquil both contain the decongestant dextromethorphan. You can use nyquil and regular mucinex (guaifenesin).
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A 53-year-old male asked:
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Internal Medicine - Geriatrics 23 years experience
Event monitor: You are describing a symptom called palpitations. The subjective feeling of heart beating, racing, etc. The ekg only shows the rhythm at the time of t... Read More
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A 26-year-old female asked:
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Likely chalazion: A chalazion or 'sty' is the most probable etiology.
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A 34-year-old member asked:
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Not probable: For blood pressure to be elevated to the degree to affect the capillary pressure gradients in the oral mucosa, you would have other symptoms or signs.
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A 44-year-old member asked:
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Yes- plasitc surgery: Your chin can be re-shaped or changed by surgeons who do facial plastic surgery.
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A 18-year-old male asked:
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Likely lymph node: If you have an upper respiratory infection like a cough, it is common to have lymph nodes in the neck become inflamed and be able to feel them. If it ... Read More
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A 23-year-old male asked:
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Internal Medicine - Geriatrics 23 years experience
Yes: May have deviated septum. I would suggest seeing ENT physician.
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A 46-year-old member asked:
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Internal Medicine - Geriatrics 23 years experience
More information: When you say back to regular Medicare, I am not sure what you mean? Were you a previous Medicare enrollee?. Are you disabled? Most 46 Y/O would not be... Read More
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A 65-year-old female asked:
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Internal Medicine - Geriatrics 23 years experience
Effective: Unfortunately CDIFF colitis has become a very prevalent disease. The current evidenced based recommendations is to treat initial infections and initia... Read More
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A 21-year-old female asked:
Dr. Stuart Kanteranswered
Internal Medicine - Geriatrics 23 years experience
Yes: Xanax (alprazolam) will not interfere with Depot Provera.
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A 16-year-old female asked:
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Leave uncovered: Leaving open to air will aid the healing process.
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A 39-year-old male asked:
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Multiple: The differential diagnosis for seizures is broad as well as the potential treatments. I suggest a neurology consultation.
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A 59-year-old member asked:
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No, no: Male's bladder cannot prolapse. Bladder prolapse itself would not be the cause of hematuria. This does not mean that women with bladder prolapse canno... Read More
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A 28-year-old male asked:
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Internal Medicine - Geriatrics 23 years experience
Yes: Crohn's disease is a chronic inflammatory condition and anything thing that triggers the inflammatory cycle can cause flare that lasts after exposure ... Read More
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A 27-year-old male asked:
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Internal Medicine - Geriatrics 23 years experience
Uncommon/unlikely: The risk of DVT/PE depends on risk factors. Although young ages makes it unlikely if risk factors are present then the likelihood can be significantly... Read More
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A 45-year-old female asked:
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Exits for your nerve: Facets are the openings where nerve roots exit your spinal cord. Your cervical disk are in close proximity to these openings.
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A 58-year-old male asked:
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Outside: Your skeletal muscles of your chest are outside of the thorax ( chest cavity).
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A 25-year-old male asked:
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Parietal layer: Pleural thickening can occur in the visceral or parietal layers. The parietal layer is sensitive to pain. Visceral thickening can also result in infla... Read More
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A 38-year-old male asked:
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Internal Medicine - Geriatrics 23 years experience
Yes there are lymph: Lymph nodes are present around the ear. Lymph nodes can be enlarged for many reasons. I suggest seeing physician.
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A 71-year-old male asked:
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Internal Medicine - Geriatrics 23 years experience
Increase side effect: When Azilect (rasagiline) is used with carbidopa/levodopa the potential side effects of Levodopa are increased, thus one of the doses of Azilect (rasa... Read More
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A 50-year-old female asked:
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Warm compress: I suggest using cotton ball with warm water for 1-2 minutes 4 times a day. If pain or swelling does not resolve in few days or gets worse see ophthalm... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
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Internal Medicine - Geriatrics 23 years experience
Yes: Yes it is ok to crush azithromycin.
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A 46-year-old member asked:
Dr. Stuart Kanteranswered
Internal Medicine - Geriatrics 23 years experience
Yes: Diflucan (fluconazole) is an antibiotic and Azithromycin is an antibiotic and they can be taken together.
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A 32-year-old member asked:
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Internal Medicine - Geriatrics 23 years experience
For thoracic surgery: A rib spreader is a surgical tool that displaces ribs to allow access to organs structures of the chest.
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A 40-year-old female asked:
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Internal Medicine - Geriatrics 23 years experience
Based on symtpoms: I think you are referring to your gall bladder ejection fraction. A normal gb ef is between 35-75%. This is the amount of bile stored in the gb that i... Read More
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A 46-year-old member asked:
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Yes: Ferrex forte contains iron, Folic Acid and cyanocobalamin. All of which can be taken with tylenol (acetaminophen) and benadryl.
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A 66-year-old male asked:
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Cystoscopy: Through the urethra into the ureter.
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A 35-year-old female asked:
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Radiology term: Osteophytic lipping is a term used on XRAY report. The layman term would be bone spur near the edge of a bone.
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A 20-year-old male asked:
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Internal Medicine - Geriatrics 23 years experience
Surgery: Nothing you can do will change the size or shape of your jaw. It is a bone called the mandible. Surgery would be the only way it could be altered.
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A 37-year-old male asked:
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Normal: The MPV stands for mean platelet volume and can be thought of as the average size of your platelets. 10.8 is in the normal range.
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A 34-year-old member asked:
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Yes: Azithromycin can be crushed.
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A 48-year-old member asked:
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No: They are both antihistamines so they exert similar physiologic effects the but different chemicals.
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A 40-year-old member asked:
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Internal Medicine - Geriatrics 23 years experience
Always present: Dopamine is a neurotransmitter found in the brain. It is never not present. Its level of activity and volume may be changed by medicines and disease p... Read More
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A 38-year-old female asked:
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Yes: Doctors of osteopathic medicine (do) are fully licensed and can practice in any specialty, just as doctors of allopathic medicine (md). Facet joint i... Read More
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A 33-year-old member asked:
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Internal Medicine - Geriatrics 23 years experience
Yes: Tylenol (acetaminophen) 3 contains Acetaminophen and codeine. Codeine has a side effect of possibly causing nausea so people often take with food, but... Read More
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A female asked:
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Internal Medicine - Geriatrics 23 years experience
Unknown: I am not sure what makes you think he has infectious mononucleosis. If he does it is highly contagious and can is often passed from kissing. Symptoms ... Read More
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A 33-year-old male asked:
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Internal Medicine - Geriatrics 23 years experience
Tonsillar stones: Tonsiilar stones are accumulation of calcified material that accumulates in the tonsils. Can cause recurrent tonsillitis, bad breath, and less commonl... Read More
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A 35-year-old female asked:
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Internal Medicine - Geriatrics 23 years experience
Not long enough: A magnesium level of 1, 9 is normal. Magnesium is not easily absorbed and you will need to be taking supplement longer to increase level. If you are h... Read More
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A 27-year-old male asked:
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Internal Medicine - Geriatrics 23 years experience
Yes: Actavis is a pharmaceutical company that produces generic medications. It sounds as if they are supplying your pharmacy with clonazepam. Generic Clona... Read More
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A 19-year-old male asked:
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Yes.: Can take with or without food.
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Mar 30, 2015
Dr. Kanter is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Mar 31, 2015
Dr. Kanter is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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This was very helpful. Thanks! Surgery stopped. Could ekg readings been too low? Asthma happening, i had alot of pain, they were YELLING at me !
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the dr told me emphysema and one dr told me there is nothing only strong allergy so i want to knw if it is emphysema ?
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Your answer was very helpful! Thanks :) I probably would have used a wash cloth - less clean than cotton ball.
Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
Midwestern University Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine, IL
Graduated 2000MD
Residency
MOUNT CARMEL HEALTH
Completed 2005
Awards
"Best Doctors in America" 2012, 2013, 2014
Top Geriatrician , First Place, Ohio - Summer
2014
Thought Leader Doctor, Third Place, Columbus Region - Summer
2014
Affiliations
American Medical Association
American Academy Family Physicians
American Medical Directors Association
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