Karl E De Jonge, MD| Internal Medicine, Geriatric Medicine | MedStar Health
About me
K. Eric De Jonge, MD, works with a team that provides home-based primary care and hospital services to ill elders. Their goal is to meet all medical and social needs of patients and families, over time and across all settings.
Clinical areas of focus
- Advance Directive Planning
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Anxiety Management For Older Adults
- Chronic Constipation
- Dementia
- Geriatric Depression
- Geriatric Health Screening
- Hip Fracture
- Home Health Care
- Memory Disorder
- Polypharmacy
- Weakness And Frailty
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Anemia
- Ankylosing Spondylitis
- Bladder Incontinence
- Blindness And Low Vision
- Bone Infection (OSTEOMYELITIS)
- Chronic Constipation
- Chronic Pain Management For Older Adults
- Cognitive Function Disorders
- Dementia
- Depression
- Elder Abuse
- Falls And Gait Disorders
- Geriatric Depression
- Gout
- Head Injury
- Hip Fracture
- Home Health Care
- Knee Pain
- Memory Disorder
- Memory Loss
- Meniscal Tear Of The Knee
- Osteoporosis
- Parkinson's Disease
- Polypharmacy
- Rib And Sternum Fracture
- Secondary Parkinsonism
- Septic Arthritis Of The Hip
- Subclinical Hypothyroidism
- Vascular Dementia
- Weakness And Frailty
- Wound Care For Older Adults
Procedures I perform
- Advance Directive Planning
- Anxiety Management For Older Adults
- Assistive Technology Evaluation
- Balance And Coordination Training
- Behavioral Assessment
- Cauterization Of Granulation Tissue
- Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy For Groups
- Daily Living Assistance
- Diabetes Foot Care
- Elder Abuse Screening And Support
- Fall Prevention And Management
- Fitness And Exercise Programs
- Gait And Balance Evaluation
- Gastrostomy Tube Replacement
- Geriatric Care For Older Adults
- Geriatric Health Screening
- Geriatric Home Repair And Modification
- Geriatric Sleep Disorder Treatment
- Home Safety Evaluations
- Huntington's Disease Management
- Hydration Management
- Inpatient Palliative Care
- Mental Health Medication Management
- Nail Debridement
- Neuropsychological Testing
- Oral And Pharyngeal Swallowing Function Evaluation
- Pain Medication Management
- Palliative Care Consultation
- Palliative Care Coordination
- Palliative Care Services
- Pancreas And Kidney Transplant
- Parkinson's Disease
- Pharmacological Treatment Of Hypertension
- Pressure Ulcer Prevention And Management
- Rapid Response Team Management
- Speech Therapy
- Swallowing Disorder Treatment
- Therapeutic Activities
- Therapeutic Exercises
- Transitional Care Planning
- Urinary Incontinence Treatment
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine
Fellowship: John Hopkins University (1996)
Fellowship: Georgetown University School of Medicine GME (1995)
Residency: Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center (1994)
Internship: University of Washington School of Medicine (1992)
Medical School: Yale University School of Medicine (1991)
Awards
- Washingtonian Top Doc 2025