- Dr. Melvin S Polkow, MD
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Dr. Melvin S Polkow, MD
Pulmonology
- New Jersey, Hackensack
Overview
Dr. Melvin S Polkow, MD works in Hackensack, New Jersey is a specialist in Pulmonology, Critical Care Medicine, Internal Medicine and graduated Lenox Hill Hospital in 1980. Dr. Polkow is affiliated with Hackensack University Medical Center and practicing for 46 years
Specialties
- Pulmonology
- Critical Care Medicine
- Internal Medicine
Conditions
• Acidosis• Acute Rhinitis
• Bacterial Septicemia
• Benign Prostate Diseases
• Bronchiolitis
• Bursa Injection
• Chest Cold
• Chronic Pulmonary Heart Diseases (incl. Pulmonary Hypertension)
• Collapsed Lung (Pneumothorax)
• Coloboma of Iris
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• Coloboma of Optic Papilla
• COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease)
• Demyelinating Diseases
• Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty (DMEK)
• Device Implantation and Extraction
• Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
• Dystonia, Focal, Task-Specific (FTSD)
• Epilepsy, Idiopathic Generalized, Susceptibility to, 1
• Epilepsy, Idiopathic Generalized, Susceptibility to, 5
• Familial Hypertension
• Familial Polyposis
• Gliomatosis Cerebri
• Gua Sha
• Hand and Wrist Fracture and Dislocation Treatment
• Hand Assisted Laparoscopy
• Hyperkalemic Periodic Paralysis
• Joint Swelling
• Keratomalacia
• Memory Disorders
• Phosphorus Metabolism Disorders
• Radiation-Related Neoplasm
• Retinal Vein Occlusion
• Retinitis Pigmentosa - Mental Retardation - Deafness
• Skin Infections
• Spinal Reconstruction
• Spinal Spacer Procedure
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Procedures
• Acidosis• Alkalosis
• Asbestosis
• Asthma
• Atelectasis
• Bronchiectasis
• Bronchiolitis
• Bronchitis
• Bronchoscopy
• Bronchospasm
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• Chronic Pulmonary Heart Diseases (incl. Pulmonary Hypertension)
• Collapsed Lung (Pneumothorax)
• COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease)
• Emphysema
• Empyema
• Influenza (Flu)
• Interstitial Lung Disease
• Lung Abscess
• Lung Cancer
• Lung Neoplasms, Not Specified as Malignant
• Lung Nodule
• Metastatic Respiratory System Cancer
• Mycobacterial Lung Infection
• Pleural Effusion
• Pneumonia
• Pneumonitis (Due to Solids or Liquids)
• Primary Pulmonary Hypertension
• Pulmonary Embolism
• Pulmonary Function Tests
• Pulmonary Hypertension
• Pulmonary Procedures
• Respiratory Failure
• Rheumatoid Lung Disease
• Sarcoidosis
• Sleep Apnea
• Systemic Sclerosis
• Thoracentesis
• Tuberculosis
• Wegener's Granulomatosis
• Whooping Cough
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Board Certifications
- Board Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine
Years Since Graduation
- 46
State License
- New Jersey
Education & Training
Residency Hospital
Lenox Hill Hospital
New York, NY, USA
Year completed: 1980
New York, NY, USA
Year completed: 1980
Internship Hospital
Lenox Hill Hospital
New York, NY, USA
Year completed: 1978
New York, NY, USA
Year completed: 1978
Medical School
Suny Downstate Medical Center College Of Medicine
Brooklyn, NY, United States
Graduated: 1977
Brooklyn, NY, United States
Graduated: 1977
Fellowship Hospital
Suny Stonybrook
Year completed: 1982
Year completed: 1982
Awards
1 ACCP
2 ACP
3 AMA
4 ATS
5 CCP
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The provider addressed traditional and alternative medicine treatment options in an open-minded way.
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We discussed treatment options and choices I have.
The provider addressed traditional and alternative medicine treatment options in an open-minded way.
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Office Locations
Primary location
Northern New Jersey Pulmonary
211 Essex Street Suite 302
New Jersey (NJ)
Hackensack
7601
Phone:(201) 498-1311
Accepting New Patients
- Yes
Map & Directions
Northern New Jersey Pulmonary, 211 Essex Street Suite 302, Hackensack, New Jersey (NJ), 7601
Insurances Accepted (check insurance plans)
- Aetna
- Amerihealth
- Bankers Life and Casualty
- Beech Street (Multiplan)
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Cigna
- Devon Health
- Emblem Health
- EmblemHealth
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield
- First Health (Coventry Health Care)
- Health Net
- Humana
- MagnaCare
- Medicare
- MultiPlan
- One Health
- Oxford Health Plans
- PHCS
- QualCare
- Special Needs Plan SNP
- Tricare
- TriCare for Life
- United Healthcare
- UnitedHealthCare
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Affiliated Hospitals
Hackensack University Medical Center
30 Prospect Avenue
New Jersey NJ,
Hackensack,
7601
(201) 996-2000
Hackensack University Medical Center's standing as one of New Jersey's and the nation's healthcare leaders is driven by a commitment to quality. At Hackensack University Medical Center, quality means always striving to deliver the best medicine to our patients. It means always reevaluating the deliv...
(201) 996-2000
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