- Dr. Richards Afonja, MD
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Dr. Richards Afonja, MD
Oncology
- New Jersey, Clifton
Overview
Dr. Richards Afonja, MD works in Clifton, New Jersey is a specialist in Oncology and graduated Bapt Med Center. Dr. Afonja is affiliated with Christ Hospital, Hoboken University Medical Center, Saint Joseph's Regional Medical Center and practicing for 36 years
Specialties
- Oncology
Conditions
• Allergic Reactions to Insect Stings• Aphasia
• Arterial Revascularization
• Atrial Septal Defect 2 (ASD 2)
• Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease
• Bilateral Cataracts
• Brain and Nervous System Cancer (incl. Gliomas, Astrocytoma, Schwannoma, Medulloblastoma, Chordoma)
• Broken Nose
• Carcinoma
• Cardiopulmonary Conditions
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• Cervical Spine Reconstruction
• Chronic Pain Management
• Colon Disorders
• Congenital Mitral Stenosis
• Constipation
• Correction of Protruding Ears
• Demyelinating Disorders
• Diseases Contagious from Safe Sex
• 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
• Hypnosis (Medical Hypnotherapy)
• Hyposmolality and Hyponatremia
• Imperforate Anus
• Implanon® Placement
• Joint Implant
• Juvenile Macular Degeneration
• Knee Pain
• 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
• Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer
• Ocular Myasthenia Gravis
• Optic Ataxia
• Outpatient and inpatient dialysis supervision and management [More]
• Photosensitivity
• Plasmapheresis
• Pleural Friction Rub
• Pneumonia Due to Pseudomonas
• Popliteal Entrapment
• Post-Dysenteric Arthropathy
• Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis
• Prolactinoma
• Rathke's Cleft Cyst
• Retinoschisis, Autosomal Dominant
• Salivary Gland Stones
• Scoliosis With Unilateral Unsegmented Bar
• Severe Chronic Pain
• Shoulder Fractures
• Sigmoid Diverticulitis
• Skin Allergy
• Skin Lesion
• Sleep-Related Rhythmic Movement Disorder
• Stitches
• 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
• Venous Thromboembolic Disease
• Warts
• Wound Infection
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Procedures
• Acute Leukemia• Anal and Rectal Cancer
• Anemia
• Antiphospholipid Syndrome (APS)
• Bladder Cancer
• Bone Marrow Biopsy
• Brain and Nervous System Cancer (incl. Gliomas, Astrocytoma, Schwannoma, Medulloblastoma, Chordoma)
• Brain Cancer
• Breast Cancer
• Carcinoma in Situ
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• Cardiac MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) of Heart or Chest
• Cervical Cancer
• Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML)
• Coagulation Disorders (incl. Hemophilia)
• Colorectal Cancer
• Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)
• ENT Cancer
• Esophageal Cancer
• Gallbladder and Biliary Tract Cancer
• Hematologic Abnormalities Associated With Pregnancy
• Hemophilia
• Hemophilia A
• Hodgkin's Disease
• Hypercoagulable State
• Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP)
• Kaposi's Sarcoma
• Laryngeal Cancer
• Leukocytosis
• Liver Cancer
• Lung Cancer
• Lymphocytosis
• Lymphoma
• Lymphoma, Large-Cell
• Macroglobulinemia (incl. Waldenstrom's )
• Mast Cell Diseases
• Maternal Anemia
• Melanoma
• Meningiomas
• Mycosis Fungoides
• Myelodysplastic Syndromes
• Myeloma
• Myeloproliferative Disorders
• Neuroendocrine Tumors
• Neutropenia
• Nodular Lymphoma
• Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
• Oral Cancer
• Osteosarcoma
• Ovarian Cancer
• Pancreatic Cancer
• Pancytopenia
• Pleura Cancer
• Pleural Neoplasm, Malignant
• Polycythemia Rubra Vera
• Prostate Cancer
• Renal (Kidney) Cancer
• Reticulosarcoma
• Secondary Malignancies
• Sickle Cell Disease
• Skin Cancer
• Soft Tissue Sarcoma
• Squamous Cell Carcinoma
• Stomach and Small Intestine Cancer
• Stomach Cancer
• Testicular Cancer
• Thalassemia
• Thoracentesis
• Thrombocytosis
• Thymomas
• Thyroid Cancer
• Tongue Cancer
• Tonsil Cancer
• Uterine Cancer
• Venous Embolism and Thrombosis
• von Willebrand Disease
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Board Certifications
- Board Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine
Years Since Graduation
- 36
State License
- New Jersey
Spoken Languages
- Spanish
Education & Training
Internship Hospitals
Bapt Med Center
Birmingham, AL, USA
Saki, Nigeria
Birmingham, AL, USA
Saki, Nigeria
Residency Hospital
Mountainside Hospital
Year completed: 1994
Year completed: 1994
Fellowship Hospital
St Josephs Hospital And Med Center
Paterson, NJ, USA
Paterson, NJ, USA
Medical School
University Of Ibadan, College Of Medicine
IBADAN, Nigeria
Graduated: 1987
IBADAN, Nigeria
Graduated: 1987
Awards
1 ACP
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The provider addressed traditional and alternative medicine treatment options in an open-minded way.
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Office Locations
Primary location
Afonja and Nelson MDs
476 Colfax Avenue
New Jersey (NJ)
Clifton
7013
Phone:(973) 594-7977
Additional data:
Free Standing Surgery Center? No
Office Volume: 35 patients per day
Performs Procedures On Site? No
Accepting New Patients
- Yes
Map & Directions
Insurances Accepted (check insurance plans)
- Aetna
- Aetna HMO
- Amerigroup (Wellpoint)
- Amerihealth
- Bakery & Confectionary Union Plan
- Blue Card PPO
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Choice Plus POS
- Choice Plus POS II
- Cigna
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna PPO
- Commercial Insurance Company
- Direct Access
- Emblem Health
- EmblemHealth
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO
- Freedom Plan
- GHI PPO
- Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
- HealthFirst
- Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO
- Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey
- Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield POS
- Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO
- Local Value Network EPO
- Local Value Network HMO
- Local Value Network HMO+
- Local Value Network POS+
- Local Value Network PPO
- MagnaCare
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Medicare MCR
- MultiPlan
- MultiPlan PPO
- MVP Health Care
- Navigate HMO
- Navigate POS
- Open Access Plus
- Options PPO
- Oxford Health Plans
- Oxford Liberty
- PHCS Network PPO
- Planned Administration Inc
- QualCare
- QualCare PPO
- Regional Pref Network EPO
- Regional Pref Network HMO
- Regional Pref Network HMO+
- Regional Pref Network POS+
- Regional Pref Network PPO
- United Healthcare
- UnitedHealthCare
- WellCare
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Affiliated Hospitals
Christ Hospital
2139 Auburn Avenue
Ohio OH,
Cincinnati,
45219
Christ Hospital is a hospital located in Cincinnati, OH. Procedures/Diagnosis costs are at the state average in 12 of 14 procedures. Length of Stay is shorter than the state average in 3 of 14 procedures.
Hoboken University Medical Center
308 Willow Avenue
New Jersey NJ,
Hoboken,
7030
Hoboken University Medical Center is a non-profit hospital located in Hoboken, NJ. Procedures/Diagnosis costs are at the state average in 6 of 6 procedures. Length of Stay is at the state average in 4 of 6 procedures.
Saint Joseph's Regional Medical Center
703 Main Street
New Jersey NJ,
Paterson,
7503
Saint Joseph's Regional Medical Center is a non-profit hospital located in Paterson, NJ. This hospital reports jointly with Saint Joseph's Children Hospital. Therefore the ratings and awards apply to multiple hospitals and this specific hospital may not provide all rated services. Procedures/Diagnos...
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