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UF Health University of Florida

Division of Geriatric Medicine

Department of Medicine in the College of Medicine

Henrique Kallas

Henrique Kallas, M.D.

Associate Professor

Department: MD-GERIATRICS
Business Phone: (352) 294-5554
Business Email: kallah@shands.ufl.edu

About Henrique Kallas

Henrique Kallas, M.D., is an assistant professor for the University of Florida College of Medicine, and is a board-certified internal medicine and geriatric care physician. Dr. Kallas earned his medical degree from Doutor José Antônio Garcia Coutinho College of Medical Sciences in Minas Gerais, Brazil. He completed a residency in internal medicine at the New York Hospital Medical Center of Queens, and a geriatric medicine fellowship at the University of Florida.  

Dr. Kallas was awarded the American Medical Association Physician’s Recognition Award three times and the American Geriatrics Society Geriatrics Recognition Award twice. Dr. Kallas currently practices for UF Health Senior Care and the UF Health Douglas Williams Executive Health Program. His clinical interests are healthy living, preventive care, falls, men’s health, and gait and balance disorders in the elderly. 

Accomplishments

Excellence in Patient Satisfaction Award
2018 · University of Florida Health Physicians
Honored Caregiver
2017 · University of Florida Health
Customer Service Key Award
2014 · University of Florida Health
Geriatrics Recognition Award
2004 · The American Geriatrics Society
Physician's Recognition Award
2004 · The American Medical Association
Shands Star Award for Quality of Care
2004 · University of Florida & Shands
Physician's Recognition Award
2001 · The American Medical Association
Geriatrics Recognition Award
2000 · The American Geriatrics Society
Physician's Recognition Award
1998 · The American Medical Association

Teaching Profile

Courses Taught
2018
MDC7200 Medicine Clerkship
2018
MDC7203 Senior Medicine Clerk
2018
MDC7124 Family Med/Geriatrics
2021-2022
PAS5020 Intro to Medicine 2

Board Certifications

  • Geriatric Medicine
    American Board of Internal Medicine
  • Internal Medicine
    American Board of Internal Medicine

Clinical Profile

Subspecialties
  • General Internal Medicine
  • Geriatric Medicine
Areas of Interest
  • Health screenings for men age 65 and older
  • Healthy living
  • Preventive health care

Publications

2020
Innovations in Geroscience to enhance mobility in older adults.
Experimental gerontology. 142 [DOI] 10.1016/j.exger.2020.111123. [PMID] 33191210.
4 citations · PubMed · Publisher’s Site
2018
Alzheimer’s Disease Prevention – A Review of Modifiable Risk Factors and the Role of Dietary Supplements

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2007
Risk Factors for Pressure Ulcers in Hospitalized Elderly without Significant Cognitive Impairment.
Wounds : a compendium of clinical research and practice. 19(1):20-4 [PMID] 26111408.
7 citations · PubMed
2005
The influence of comorbid chronic medical conditions on the adequacy of depression care for older Americans.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 53(12):2178-83 [PMID] 16398906.
59 citations · PubMed
2002
Improved cardiorespiratory endurance following 6 months of resistance exercise in elderly men and women.
Archives of internal medicine. 162(6):673-8 [PMID] 11911721.
93 citations · PubMed
2000
Mental illness, muscle rigidity in tremors and renal failure.
International urology and nephrology. 32(1):147-50 [PMID] 11057788.
1 citation · PubMed
1999
Nephrotic syndrome in the elderly.
Geriatric nephrology and urology. 9(2):123-8 [PMID] 10518256.
PubMed
1999
The hypertensive elderly male with prostatism.
Geriatric nephrology and urology. 9(1):57-60 [PMID] 10435228.
1 citation · PubMed
1999
Treatment of nocturia in the elderly.
Drugs & aging. 15(6):429-37 [PMID] 10641954.
13 citations · PubMed
1998
Lung cancer and drug-induced severe hyponatremia.
Geriatric nephrology and urology. 8(3):161-5 [PMID] 10221175.
4 citations · PubMed

Education

Fellowship – Geriatric Medicine
2000 · New York Hospital – Medical Center of Queens
Residency – Internal Medicine
1998 · New York Hospital – Medical Center of Queens
Internship – Internal Medicine
1996 · New York Hospital – Medical Center of Queens
Internship
1995 · New York Hospital – Medical Center of Queens
Medical Degree
1990 · Dr. JAG Coutinho College of Medicine

Contact Details

Phones:
Business:
(352) 294-5554
Emails:
Business:
kallah@shands.ufl.edu
Addresses:
Business Mailing:
PO Box 100277
 GAINESVILLE FL 32610
Business Street:
TOWER HILL INTERNAL MEDICINE CLINIC
7540 WEST UNIVRERSITY AVENUE
UF PHYSICIANS
 GAINESVILLE FL 32607