- Dr. Rita S Axelrod, MD
-75.15586
39.94987
Dr. Rita S Axelrod, MD
Oncology
- Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Overview
Dr. Rita S Axelrod, MD works in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is a specialist in Oncology, Hematology and graduated Roosevelt Hospital in 1971. Dr. Axelrod is affiliated with Lankenau Hospital, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital - Center City Campus and practicing for 53 years
Specialties
- Oncology
- Hematology
Conditions
• Acute Rhinitis• Allergic Reactions to Insect Stings
• Aphasia
• Arterial Revascularization
• Berger's Disease
• Bile Duct Procedure
• Brain and Nervous System Cancer (incl. Gliomas, Astrocytoma, Schwannoma, Medulloblastoma, Chordoma)
• Carcinoma
• Cervical Spine Reconstruction
• Chronic Headache
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• Chronic Pain Management
• Congenital Mitral Stenosis
• Demyelinating Disorders
• Facet Joint Nerve Ablation
• Food Allergy - Codfish
• Food Allergy - Fruit
• Food Allergy - Tree Nuts
• Functional Movement Screening
• Gastrointestinal Surgery, Laproscopic
• Genetic Disease of the Skin
• Hand Neuropathy
• Hypnosis (Medical Hypnotherapy)
• Intrauterine Device Management
• Joint Implant
• Juvenile Macular Degeneration
• Lumbar Decompression Therapy
• Memory Disorders
• Microscopic Ulcerative Colitis
• Minimally Invasive Resection of Mediastinal Tumor
• Mitochondrial Diseases
• Muscle Hypotonia
• Muscular Dystrophy, Congenital, Type 1C
• Neurofibromatosis, Type 2
• Ocular Myasthenia Gravis
• Optic Ataxia
• Photosensitivity
• Plasmapheresis
• Pleural Friction Rub
• Pneumonia Due to Pseudomonas
• Retinoschisis, Autosomal Dominant
• Salivary Gland Stones
• Severe Chronic Pain
• Shoulder Fractures
• Skin Lesion
• Spinal Dislocation
• 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
• Vulvovaginitis
• Warts
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Procedures
• Acute Leukemia• Adrenal Gland Cancer
• Anal and Rectal Cancer
• Anemia
• Bladder Cancer
• Brain and Nervous System Cancer (incl. Gliomas, Astrocytoma, Schwannoma, Medulloblastoma, Chordoma)
• Brain Cancer
• Breast Cancer
• Carcinoma in Situ
• Central Nervous System Lymphoma
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• Cervical Cancer
• Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML)
• Colorectal Cancer
• Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)
• ENT Cancer
• Esophageal Cancer
• Gallbladder and Biliary Tract Cancer
• Hodgkin's Disease
• Laryngeal Cancer
• Leukocytosis
• Liver Cancer
• Lung Cancer
• Lung Neoplasms, Not Specified as Malignant
• Lymphoma
• Mediastinal Tumors, Malignant
• Melanoma
• Myeloma
• Myeloproliferative Disorders
• Neuroendocrine Tumors
• Neutropenia
• Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
• Oral Cancer
• Osteosarcoma
• Ovarian Cancer
• Pancreatic Cancer
• Plasmapheresis
• Pleural Neoplasm, Malignant
• Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma
• Qualitative Platelet Defects (incl. Glanzmann's Thrombasthenia)
• Renal (Kidney) Cancer
• Salivary Gland Cancer
• Secondary Malignancies
• Sickle Cell Disease
• Skin Cancer
• Soft Tissue Sarcoma
• Stomach and Small Intestine Cancer
• Throat Cancer (Hypopharyngeal)
• Throat Cancer (Nasopharyngeal)
• Thyroid Cancer
• Tongue Cancer
• Tonsil Cancer
• Uterine Cancer
• Venous Embolism and Thrombosis
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Board Certifications
- Board Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine
Years Since Graduation
- 53
State License
- Pennsylvania
Education & Training
Internship Hospital
Roosevelt Hospital
New York, NY, USA
Year completed: 1971
New York, NY, USA
Year completed: 1971
Awards
1 AACE
2 ASCO
3 ASH
4 Assistant Professor
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Office Locations
Primary location
Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals
925 Chestnut Street Suite 202A
Pennsylvania (PA)
Philadelphia
19107
Phone:(215) 955-8874
Accepting New Patients
- Yes
Map & Directions
Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, 925 Chestnut Street Suite 202A, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (PA), 19107
Insurances Accepted (check insurance plans)
- Aetna
- Aetna HMO
- Amerihealth
- Blue Card PPO
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Choice Care PPO
- Choice Plus POS
- Choice Plus POS II
- Cigna
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna PPO
- Commercial Insurance Company
- Coventry Health America PPO
- Coventry Health Care
- Coventry Health Care of Delaware
- Coventry Health Care of Delaware PPO
- Direct Access
- First Health (Coventry Health Care)
- First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
- Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
- HealthPartners
- 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
- Humana
- Keystone Health Plan East
- Keystone Health Plan East HMO
- Medicare
- Medicare MCR
- Navigate HMO
- Navigate POS
- Open Access Plus
- Options PPO
- Personal Choice PPO
- QualCare
- QualCare HMO
- 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
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Affiliated Hospitals
Lankenau Hospital
100 Lancaster Avenue
Pennsylvania PA,
Wynnewood,
19096
Lankenau Hospital is a hospital located in Wynnewood, PA. Procedures/Diagnosis costs are at the state average in 13 of 14 procedures. Length of Stay is shorter than the state average in 3 of 14 procedures.
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital - Center City Campus
111 South 11th Street
Pennsylvania PA,
Philadelphia,
19107
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital - Center City Campus is a hospital located in Philadelphia, PA. This hospital reports jointly with Methodist Hospital. Therefore the ratings and awards apply to multiple hospitals and this specific hospital may not provide all rated services. Procedures/Diagnosis...
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