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Gender
  • Female (71)
  • Male (143)

Distance

Distance
  • 1 mile (13)
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  • 10 miles (13)
  • 25 miles (21)
  • 50 miles (30)
  • 100 miles (214)
  • National (1683)

Specialty

Specialty
  • Critical Care Surgery (13)
  • General Surgery (7)
  • Surgical Oncology (3)
  • Bariatric Surgery (2)
  • Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (2)
  • Breast Surgery (2)
  • Colorectal Surgery (2)
  • Cosmetic, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery (2)
  • Critical Care Medicine (2)
  • Neurosurgery (2)
  • Oncology (2)
  • Orthopedic Surgery (2)
  • Pediatric Otolaryngology (Ear, Nose & Throat) (2)
  • Pediatric Thoracic Surgery (2)
  • Pediatrics (2)
  • Transplant Hepatology (2)
  • Transplant Surgery (2)
  • Breast Reconstruction Surgery (1)
  • Pediatric Transplant Surgery (1)
  • Acute Care Surgery (1)
  • Hepatopancreaticobiliary Surgery (1)
  • Breast Surgical Oncology (1)
  • Pediatric Neurological Spine Surgery (1)
  • Burn Surgery (1)
  • Peripheral Nerve Surgery (1)
  • Craniofacial Surgery (1)
  • Dermatologic Surgery (1)
  • Podiatric Foot & Ankle Surgery (1)
  • Gastroenterological Surgery (1)
  • Gastroenterology (1)
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Age
  • Under 40 (25)
  • 41-50 (56)
  • 51-60 (42)
  • 61-70 (32)
  • Over 70 (36)

Availability

Availability
  • Today (14)
  • Tomorrow (15)
  • Within 2 weeks (16)
  • Schedules online (7)
  • Accepts new patients (128)
  • Telehealth (68)

Language

Language
  • Arabic (3)
  • Burmese (1)
  • Chinese (1)
  • Chinese, Mandarin (2)
  • Dutch (3)
  • French (11)
  • German (3)
  • Greek (1)
  • Hebrew (3)
  • Hindi (2)
  • Italian (1)
  • Japanese (3)
  • Korean (4)
  • Mandarin (3)
  • Polish (2)
  • Portuguese (2)
  • Punjabi (2)
  • Russian (2)
  • Spanish (20)
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Patient Satisfaction

Patient Satisfaction
  • 5 Stars (70)
  • 4 Stars And Higher (100)
  • 3 Stars And Higher (124)
  • 2 Stars And Higher (128)
  • 1 Star And Higher (133)

Affiliated Facility

Affiliated Facility
  • Boston Children's Hospital (28)
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (14)
  • North Shore University Hospital (12)
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital (12)
  • New York-Presbyterian Hospital (12)
  • NYU Langone Hospitals (11)
  • New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Lawrence (10)
  • Long Island Jewish Medical Center (10)
  • Staten Island University Hospital (10)
  • Westchester Medical Center (10)
  • Northern Westchester Hospital (9)
  • Newyork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center (9)
  • Connecticut Children's Medical Center-Hartford (9)
  • Massachusetts General Hospital (8)
  • Rhode Island Hospital (8)
  • Newton-Wellesley Hospital (8)
  • Hackensack University Medical Center (7)
  • Montefiore Medical Center (6)
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  • NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue (6)
  • Stony Brook University Hospital (6)
  • NewYork-Presbyterian/The Allen Hospital (6)
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  • White Plains Hospital (5)
  • NYU Langone Hospital-Long Island (5)
  • Lenox Hill Hospital (5)
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (5)
  • Atlantic Health Morristown Medical Center (5)
  • Mount Sinai Hospital (5)
  • Montefiore Nyack Hospital (4)
  • Baystate Medical Center (4)
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