Andrew Linton is a UK-trained geriatrician who has worked in New Zealand for the past 10 years. He sees private patients at The Rutherford Clinic and also works in public at Hutt Valley Hospital.
Special interests include:
- Memory assessment
- Parkinson’s disease
- Falls
- Poly-pharmacy
- Stroke medicine
- Peri-operative medicine for older people
- Osteoporosis
- Frailty
Andrew has a holistic approach to care in older people and can provide an overview to managing complex health problems.
Geriatricians are specialist doctors who are trained in the conditions that commonly affect older people as well as how the aging body’s needs change with respect to all illnesses.
