BlancaMSckellMD

Assistant Professor, Medicine, Weill Cornell and NYPresbyterian Queens

Overview of Dr. Sckell

Dr. Blanca Sckell is an internist in Fresh Meadows, NY and is affiliated with New York-Presbyterian Queens. She received her medical degree from Universidad Nacional de Asuncion Faculty of Medicine and has been in practice 33 years. Dr. Sckell accepts several types of health insurance, listed below. She is one of 394 doctors at New York-Presbyterian Queens who specialize in Internal Medicine. She has 6 publications and over 300 citings.

Office
18219 Horace Harding Expy FL 1
Fresh Meadows, NY 11365
Book by Phone+1(224) 302-6330

Fax+1 212-604-3718

Education & Training

Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Moses and Weiler Campuses)Residency, Internal Medicine, 1995 - 1998
Universidad Nacional de Asuncion Faculty of MedicineClass of 1984

Certifications & Licensure

NY State Medical License 1998 - 2026
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

21 citations
Rates and Predictors of Uncontrolled Hypertension Among Hypertensive Homeless Adults Using New York City Shelter-Based Clinics
Ramin Asgary, Blanca Sckell, Analena Alcabes, Ramesh Naderi, Antoinette Schoenthaler
Annals of Family Medicine. 2016-01-01
18 citations
Perspectives of cancer and cancer screening among homeless adults of New York City shelter-based clinics: a qualitative approach.
Ramin Asgary, Blanca Sckell, Analena Alcabes, Ramesh Naderi, Gbenga Ogedegbe
Cancer Causes & Control. 2015-07-25
32 citations
Colorectal cancer screening among the homeless population of New York City shelter-based clinics.
Ramin Asgary, Victoria Garland, Andrea Jakubowski, Blanca Sckell
American Journal of Public Health. 2014-06-11

Press Mentions

Wise Words on Women's HealthJune 7th, 2018

Professional Memberships

Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine - AAIM
Member
American College of Physicians - ACP
Member
Society of General Internal Medicine - SGIM
Member

Insurance Accepted

Aetna Choice POS II
Aetna HMO
BCBS Blue Card PPO
CIGNA HMO
CIGNA Open Access
CIGNA PPO
Empire BCBS HMO
Empire BCBS PPO
First Health PPO
GHI PPO
Great West PPO
Humana ChoiceCare Network PPO
MagnaCare PPO
Multiplan PHCS PPO
Multiplan PPO
MVP Healthcare PPO
Oxford Health Freedom
Oxford Health Liberty
PacificSource Preferred PSN
United Healthcare - Direct Choice Plus POS
United Healthcare - Direct Options PPO
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