A physician becomes a Fellow of the American College of Physicians (FACP) based on evidence of continuing medical education, scholarship, teaching and community service. Dr. Terlinsky has attended a number of recent medical meetings. In Jan. of 2001, Dr. Terlinsky was at the Winter Meeting of the American College of Rheumatology. In March of 2001, he attended the Annual Meeting of the American College of Physicians. In January of 2002 he attended a national meeting on Advances in Diabetes and Endocrinology. One month later, he went to a national conference on a new approach to arthritis and pain management. In April of 2002, Dr. Terlinsky was in Chicago for the annual meeting of the National Kidney Foundation.
Dr. Terlinsky and his office manager Joan attended the annual meeting of the AABM, the American Association of Bariactric Medicine in Boston, Sept. 17-21, 2002. State of the art medical information about the medical treatment of Obesity was presented. Dr. Barry Sears of the Zone Diet and Dr. Atkins of the Atkins diet were key speakers. Dr. Terlinsky will be adding bariactric medicine to his practice. His new program will be called Nu-Living Weight Management.
In May 2003, Dr. Terlinsky took and passed the Specialists In Clinical Hypertension Examination given by the American Society of Hypertension. He is among only 15 physicians in Virginia with this certification.
In Chicago 2003, Dr. Terlinsky attended the annual meeting of the American Society of Bariatric Physicians. He took and passed the oral and written examination given by the American Board of Bariatric Physicians. With this new specialty, Dr. Terlinsky is certified in four medical areas: Internal Medicine, Nephrology, Hypertension and Weight Medicine (Bariatrics).
Over the Labor Day weekend, Dr. Terlinsky was a guest on WMAL 630 AM radio "Health Line". He participated in a show on the topic of the Obesity Epidemic in the US. On November 7, 2003 Dr. Terlinsky gave a Medical Grand Rounds at the Virgina Hospital Center. His talk was entitled Old Genes, New Food and a Toxic Environment: The Perfect Obesity Storm. In it, he discussed the basis of the obesity epidemic.
Dr. Alan Terlinsky is an active sports and outdoors enthusiast who rarely misses an opportunity for skiing, playing tennis or enjoying nature and the outdoors. His life-long belief in the restorative powers of nutrition and exercise in concert with his advanced medical training, led to the foundation of Nu-Living weight management
Primary Care & Internal Medicine
Boarded in Internal Medicine, (Georgetown University, 1975-76) Doctor Terlinksy has over 23 years active clinical experience as a medical practitioner. Currently, he is available to patients 5 days per week in his northern Virginia based family practice.
Strongly-held beliefs in ongoing medical education have enabled Dr. Terlinksy to expand and develop his unique "umbrella" of expertise and care. Boarded in Internal Medicine, he is also a specialist in Nephrology, as well as Clinical Hypertension. In addition, he recently passed his certifying exam in Bariatric Medicine, offered through the American Society of Bariatric Physicians.
These advanced certifications, coupled with years of "hands-on" experience help explain "Doctor T's" amazing insight into the cycles of overweight, obesity and related health issues - and his success is helping so many to overcome them.
Board-certified by the American Board of Bariatric Physicians, Dr. Terlinsky has extensive training and experience in the diagnosis, treatment, and management of obesity, overweight and weight-related health problems.
In addition to caring for patients, Doctor Terlinsky has an intense interest in this specialization; reading and traveling to attending lectures, seminiars and conferences in order to stay abreast of the most recent medical advances in the field.
All of this information; whether traditional or newly-acquired technology, is readily available to any patients participating in the doctor's Nu-Living Weight Management program.
The Clinical Hypertension Specialization
Hypertension, also known as "high blood pressure" is defined as a repeatedly elevated blood pressure exceeding 140 over 90 mmHg. (a systolic pressure above 140 with a diastolic pressure above 90)
Chronic hypertension is often referred to as a silent condition - its stealthiness making it even more dangerous. Untreated, it can cause blood vessel damage in the retina (eye), congestive heart failure, kidney failure, and stroke.
Measurement of blood pressure is the foremost diagnostic procedure. Moreover not checking blood pressure is an invitation to hypertension.
Although a specific cause for hypertension is rarely found (it is a combination of genetic and other factors), the treatments are known and effective. They include exercise (aerobic), weight reduction, salt restriction, and medication.
As one among only 15 physicians in Virginia certified by the American Society of Hypertension as a Specialist In Clinical Hypertension, doctor Terlinsky is well qualified for the diagnosis, treatment and ongoing care of patients with hypertension and related health issues.
Nephrology is the study of the kidney: including its anatomy, physiology, pathology, and pathophysiology.
As a nephrologist, Doctor Terlinsky has been educated and trained in kidney diseases, kidney transplantation, and dialysis therapy. Nephrology is classified as an internal medicine subspecialty, therefore Dr. Terlinksy was board-certified in internal medicine prior to obtaining certification in Nephrology.
Since hypertension is so often linked to renal (kidney) disease, having both Nephrology and Clinical Hypertension specializations uniquely qualifies a physician for the care of patients with acute renal problems including transplant and dialysis, as well as a wide range of diseases or conditions that affect or involve kidney function.
Functional and Interactive Medicine
Functional Medicine: is an emerging diagnostic discipline in which practioners view symptoms as indicators of biochemical dysfunction for which the most effective and safe treatment involves optimal nutrition, the removal of harmful toxins, and the optimization of the body's own complex restorative mechanisms.
Important tenets of the Functional Medicine perspective:
- Patient Uniqueness. Patients are unique psychologically and emotionally as well as physically: genetically, metabolically and biochemically (for example: neurological communications among the body's organ systems). Upon this rests a ...
- Patient-centered approach to wellness. Functional medicine practitioners consider a patient's attitudes, beliefs and motivations in addition to physical, mental and emotional aspects of the patient.
- Total Patient Wellness. Health and vitality are not merely the absence of disease but the result of optimal environment, nutrition, and lifestyle leading to maximized function of our body.
- Chronic illnesses. Small problems, unattended over time, have a tendency to cascade or "snowball" into more difficult chronic forms. Because of this, the key to Total Patient Wellness is ...
- Preventative Medicine. Focusing on the root causes, rather than the symptoms of an illness prevents the cascading effect to promote long term total wellness.
Integrative Medicine: Certain existing "alternative", and/or "holistic" (mind-body) methodologies - have been revitalized by new research and technological progress. This integration - of old and new and of conventional and alternative medicine - forms the basis for IM's core beliefs, which include...
- The body's natural healing ability
- Emphasising prevention over treatment
- Doctors and patients as "partners" working toward a common goal.
- "Conventional" and "alternative" medicine working together toward the common goal.
- Using natural, less invasive interventions whenever possible
Conversely, IM practicioners lend credance to these "alternative" methods by their embrace of "conventional" precepts such as sound scientific procedure. For a good example of Integrative Medicine in action, check out: IM Clinical trials at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.