Joseph Alpert, MD

Cardiology

Cardiology

1625 N Campbell Ave, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA

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Joseph S. Alpert, MD, is Professor of Medicine in the Department of Medicine and Medical Director of cardiac rehabilitation at the University of Arizona College of Medicine at Tucson. Dr. Alpert is board certified in internal medicine and cardiovascular disease. Dr. Alpert is Doctorpedia's Chief Clinical Information Officer and the Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Medicine.

Dr. Alpert earned his undergraduate degree magna cum laude from Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, and his medical degree cum laude from Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. He completed his internship, residency, and fellowship in medicine at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital (now Brigham and Women’s Hospital) in Boston. After his fellowship, Dr. Alpert served as Staff Cardiologist and Director of the Coronary Care Unit at Naval Medical Center San Diego, and Assistant Professor of Medicine at University of California, San Diego. Following his military service, Dr. Alpert returned to Boston as Director of the Samuel A. Levine Cardiac Unit at Brigham Hospital. From 1978-1992 he was Director of the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester, Massachusetts. From 1992-2006 he was Chief of Medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine.

Dr. Alpert is a master of the American College of Physicians and a fellow of the Council on Clinical Cardiology of the American Heart Association, the American College of Cardiology, the American College of Chest Physicians, and the European Society of Cardiology. He has received many awards for excellence in teaching from, among others the Peter Brent Brigham Hospital, the United States Navy, the University of Massachusetts, and the University of Arizona. In 2004, he received the Gifted Teacher Award from the American College of Cardiology. Dr. Alpert is a former member of the Board of Trustees of the American College of Cardiology and the Board of Directors of the American Board of Internal Medicine, and is currently a member of the Board of Trustees of the Association of Professors of Medicine. He is the current editor-in-chief of The American Journal of Medicine, a member of the editorial boards of 12 cardiovascular journals, and an editorial reviewer for 15 internal medicine and cardiovascular disease journals. Dr. Alpert has authored and/or edited 50 books and monographs and more than 600 publications, including original articles, book chapters, reviews, and editorials. He is married to Qin Mary Chen, PhD who is a professor of pharmacology at the University of Arizona College of Medicine. Dr. Alpert has two children, a daughter, Eva Elisabeth Alpert, a tax attorney and accountant living in Cambridge, Massachusetts and a son, Niels David Alpert, a cinematographer living in New York City. Dr. Alpert has one grandchild, Josephine Helena Alpert living in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Education

  • MD: Harvard Medical School

  • BA: Yale University

Board Certifications

  • American Board of Internal Medicine Subspecialty of Cardiovascular Disease

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Diabetes – Maintaining Your Kidneys

What one needs to do to decrease the risk for diabetic kidney disease is the same as with all of the other complications with diabetes: Good diabetic control, which consists of paying attention to diet,...

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Diabetes – Diabetic Kidney Failure Treatment

When we physicians first notice that the kidney is being damaged in diabetes, we try and make measures to tighten the control of the diabetes on the patient. It’s important for the patient to stay...

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Diabetes – Managing Diabetic Kidney Disease

Diabetic kidney disease cannot be reversed once it starts but what one can do is delay the onset by excellent diabetic and blood pressure control. Of course, that means good lifestyle, taking the medication, letting...

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Diabetes – Potential Foot Problems

The diabetic state can damage the nerves to the foot and that can result in two types of problems. One: the diabetic may have severe foot pain, which keeps them awake at night and may...

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Diabetes – Amputation Prevention

The best way to prevent an amputation is of course to take good care of your diabetes, blood pressure, cholesterol, all of the things that one does to minimize the diabetic state. But in addition,...

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Diabetes – Most Common Amputation

When the blood flow is decreased or cut off to the foot, first of all: the patient may feel a lot of pain because tissues are dying in the foot, so that’s number one. Number...

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Diabetes – Warning Signs Lead to Amputation

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Diabetes – Stroke Warning Signs

The warning signs of a stroke coming on consist of an unusual period where the person can’t speak for a few minutes, or notices that when they are eating food that one side of their...

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Diabetes – How Is A Stroke Treated

There are two ways to treat a stroke and it’s similar whether you have diabetes or not. The first one consists of trying to open up the blood vessel that’s been blocked. You can only...

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