- Dr. Laurence J Heifetz, MD
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Dr. Laurence J Heifetz, MD
Oncology
- California, Truckee
Overview
Dr. Laurence J Heifetz, MD works in Truckee, California is a specialist in Oncology, Internal Medicine and graduated Md Anderson Tumor Institute in 1979. Dr. Heifetz is affiliated with Tahoe Forest Hospital and practicing for 51 years
Specialties
- Oncology
- Internal Medicine
Conditions
• Acute Rhinitis• Allergic Reactions to Insect Stings
• Aphasia
• Arterial Dissections With Lentiginosis
• Arterial Revascularization
• Bilateral Cataracts
• Bile Duct Procedure
• Brain and Nervous System Cancer (incl. Gliomas, Astrocytoma, Schwannoma, Medulloblastoma, Chordoma)
• Carcinoma
• Cervical Spine Reconstruction
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• Chronic Headache
• Chronic Pain Management
• Congenital Mitral Stenosis
• Demyelinating Disorders
• Diseases Contagious from Safe Sex
• Endovascular Aneurysm Repair
• Excision or Destruction of Tongue Lesion
• External Ear Disorders
• Facet Joint Nerve Ablation
• Food Allergy - Codfish
• Food Allergy - Fruit
• Food Allergy - Tree Nuts
• Functional Movement Screening
• Gastrointestinal Surgery, Laproscopic
• Hand Neuropathy
• Herbal Agent Adverse Reaction - Echinacea
• Hypertensive Encephalopathy
• Hypnosis (Medical Hypnotherapy)
• Hyposmolality and Hyponatremia
• Infectious Arthritis
• Lumbar Decompression Therapy
• Memory Disorders
• Mental Retardation, X-Linked Recessive - Macrocephaly - Ciliary Dysfunction
• Metabolic Rate Testing
• Microscopic Ulcerative Colitis
• Minimally Invasive Resection of Mediastinal Tumor
• Muscle Hypotonia
• Muscular Dystrophy, Congenital, Type 1C
• Neurofibromatosis, Type 2
• Ocular Myasthenia Gravis
• Optic Ataxia
• Outpatient and inpatient dialysis supervision and management [More]
• Photosensitivity
• Pleural Friction Rub
• Pneumoconiosis
• Pneumonia Due to Pseudomonas
• Post-Dysenteric Arthropathy
• Prolactinoma
• Retinoschisis, Autosomal Dominant
• Salivary Gland Stones
• Sexual Disorders
• Shoulder Fractures
• Sigmoid Diverticulitis
• Skin Allergy
• Skin Lesion
• Sleep-Related Rhythmic Movement Disorder
• Spleen Neoplasm
• Stitches
• Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)
• The provision of follow-up treatment for patients who have undergone kidney transplants
• The provision of nutritional information for patients with kidney disease
• Thoracoscopic Segmentectomy
• Warts
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Procedures
• Acute Leukemia• Adrenal Gland Cancer
• Anal and Rectal Cancer
• Anemia
• Basal Cell Carcinoma
• Bile Duct Cancer
• Bladder Cancer
• Bone Marrow Biopsy
• Brain and Nervous System Cancer (incl. Gliomas, Astrocytoma, Schwannoma, Medulloblastoma, Chordoma)
• Brain Cancer
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• Breast Cancer
• Carcinoma in Situ
• Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML)
• Coagulation Disorders (incl. Hemophilia)
• Colorectal Cancer
• ENT Cancer
• Esophageal Cancer
• Gallbladder and Biliary Tract Cancer
• Graft vs Host Disease
• Hodgkin's Disease
• Hypercoagulable State
• Leukocytosis
• Liver Cancer
• Lung Cancer
• Lung Neoplasms, Not Specified as Malignant
• Lymphocytosis
• Lymphoma
• Lymphoma, Large-Cell
• Lymphosarcoma
• Macroglobulinemia (incl. Waldenstrom's )
• Malignant Histiocytosis
• Mantle Cell Lymphoma
• Marginal Zone Lymphoma
• Mediastinal Tumors, Malignant
• Melanoma
• Myelodysplastic Syndromes
• Myeloma
• Myeloproliferative Disorders
• Neuroendocrine Tumors
• Neutropenia
• Nodular Lymphoma
• Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
• Oral Cancer
• Osteosarcoma
• Ovarian Cancer
• Pancreatic Cancer
• Pancytopenia
• Pleural Neoplasm, Malignant
• Polycythemia Rubra Vera
• Prostate Cancer
• Renal (Kidney) Cancer
• Secondary Malignancies
• Skin Cancer
• Soft Tissue Sarcoma
• Squamous Cell Carcinoma
• Stomach and Small Intestine Cancer
• Testicular Cancer
• Thrombocytosis
• Thyroid Cancer
• Tongue Cancer
• Tonsil Cancer
• Uterine Cancer
• Vertebral Column Tumors
• Vulvar Cancer
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Board Certifications
- Board Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine
Years Since Graduation
- 51
State License
- Texas
Education & Training
Fellowship Hospital
Md Anderson Tumor Institute
Houston, TX, USA
Year completed: 1979
Houston, TX, USA
Year completed: 1979
Internship Hospital
Wadsworth Va Hospital
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Year completed: 1973
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Year completed: 1973
Awards
1 ASCO
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Office Locations
Primary location
Tahoe Forest Cancer Center
10956 Donner Pass Road Suite 330
California (CA)
Truckee
96161
Phone:(530) 582-6450
Accepting New Patients
- Yes
Map & Directions
Tahoe Forest Cancer Center, 10956 Donner Pass Road Suite 330, Truckee, California (CA), 96161
Insurances Accepted (check insurance plans)
- Access Plus Savenet
- Aetna
- Assurant Health
- Basic Exclusive PPO for Small Business
- Basic PPO
- Blue Card PPO
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of California
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of California PPO
- Blue Shield of California
- Choice Plus POS
- Choice Plus POS II
- Cigna
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna PPO
- Commercial Insurance Company
- Coventry Health Care
- Covered California - Bronze PPO
- Delta Health System
- Employer Group HMO
- First Health (Coventry Health Care)
- First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
- Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
- Group Health Cooperative
- Health Net
- Health Net PPO
- HealthPartners
- Heritage Signature
- Humana
- Individual and Family PPO
- Kaiser PHCS Network PPO
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Medicare Advantage PFFS
- Medicare MCR
- MultiPlan
- MultiPlan PPO
- Navigate HMO
- Navigate POS
- Open Access Plus
- Options PPO
- Pathway X Direct Access PPO
- Pathway X Tiered Direct Access
- PHCS Network PPO
- Premera Blue Cross
- Select PPO
- TriWest Champus
- United Healthcare
- UnitedHealthCare
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Affiliated Hospitals
Tahoe Forest Hospital
10121 Pine Avenue
California CA,
Truckee,
96161
Tahoe Forest Hospital is a District Authority owned hospital located in Truckee, CA. Procedures/Diagnosis costs are at the state average in 4 of 5 procedures. Length of Stay is at the state average in 4 of 5 procedures.
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