HalSkopickiMDPhD

Heart Failure & Transplantation

Ambassador Charles A. Gargano Chair in Cardiology Chief of Cardiology CoDirector of The Heart Institute Director, Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathy Center Co-Director, Ventricular Assist Device Program Stony Brook University Hospital/Stony Brook Medicine

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Overview of Dr. Skopicki

Dr. Hal Skopicki is a cardiologist in Commack, NY and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Stony Brook University Hospital and Northport Veterans Affairs Medical Center. He received his medical degree from Chicago Medical School/Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine Science and has been in practice 27 years. Dr. Skopicki accepts several types of health insurance, listed below. He is one of 160 doctors at Stony Brook University Hospital and one of 54 doctors at Northport Veterans Affairs Medical Center who specialize in Cardiology. He has more than 60 publications and over 500 citings.

Office
500 Commack Road
Commack, NY 11725
Book by Phone+1(631) 315-8739

Fax+1 631-444-9621

Education & Training

Massachusetts General HospitalFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 1992 - 1997
Yale-New Haven Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 1990 - 1992
Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and ScienceClass of 1990

Certifications & Licensure

NY State Medical License 1997 - 2025
MA State Medical License 1992 - 1999

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Top Doctors: New York Metro Area, New York 2017/2019 Castle Connolly
Newsday - Top Doctors on Long Island Castle Connolly
Fellow (FAHA) American Heart Association
Fellow (FACP) American College of Physicians
Fellow (FACC) American College of Cardiology
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Clinical Trials

INcrease Of VAgal TonE in CHF Start of enrollment: 2011 Feb 01
Terminated
Phase 3
Study To Evaluate D-Ribose For The Treatment of Congestive Heart Failure Start of enrollment: 2013 Jul 01
Withdrawn
Phase 2
A Phase IIa, Single-blind, Placebo-controlled, Crossover, Multi-center, Randomized Study to Assess the Safety, Tolerability, and Preliminary Efficacy of a Single Intravenous Dose of Ischemia-tolerant Allogeneic Mesenchymal Bone Marrow Cells to Subjects Wi Start of enrollment: 2014 Jun 01
Study of High-dose Spironolactone vs. Placebo Therapy in Acute Heart Failure Start of enrollment: 2014 Dec 30
Completed
Phase 2
A Study to Assess the Effect of Intravenous Dose of (aMBMC) to Subjects With Non-ischemic Heart Failure Start of enrollment: 2014 Jun 01
Completed
Phase 2
Global Non-interventional Heart Failure Disease Registry Start of enrollment: 2014 Jul 23
Terminated
Randomized Placebo-controlled Trial of FCM as Treatment for Heart Failure With Iron Deficiency Start of enrollment: 2017 Mar 15
Completed
Phase 3
TRANSFORM-HF: ToRsemide compArisoN With furoSemide FORManagement of Heart Failure Start of enrollment: 2018 Jul 11
Completed
Phase 3
A Study to Test the Effect of Empagliflozin in Patients Who Are in Hospital for Acute Heart Failure Start of enrollment: 2020 May 18
Completed
Phase 3
A Study of Tirzepatide (LY3298176) in Participants With Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF) and Obesity: The SUMMIT Trial Start of enrollment: 2021 Apr 20
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

200 citations
Cancer Therapy–Related Cardiac Dysfunction and Heart Failure: Part 1: Definitions, Pathophysiology, Risk Factors, and Imaging
Michelle W. Bloom, Carine E. Hamo, Daniela Cardinale, Bonnie Ky, Anju Nohria
Circulation. Heart Failure. 2016-01-01
116 citations
Intravenous Allogeneic Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy: Safety and Efficacy Results of a Phase II-A Randomized Trial.
Javed Butler, Stephen E. Epstein, Stephen J. Greene, Arshed A. Quyyumi, Sergey Sikora
Circulation Research. 2017-01-20
2 citations
Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging of COVID-19-Associated Cardiac Sequelae: A Systematic Review.
Montek S Boparai, Benjamin Musheyev, Umair Khan, Tejaswi Koduru, Jared Hinson
Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine. 2022-12-01

Press Mentions

Experts: Study Showing Increased Heart Risk After COVID-19 Is Wake-up CallFebruary 14th, 2022
At SBUH, a New Lab at Its Heart InstituteApril 7th, 2021
Long Island Clinic to Treat People with Lingering Health Effects of COVID-19November 7th, 2020
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Professional Memberships

American College of Cardiology - ACC
Fellow
American College of Cardiology - ACC
Fellow
American Heart Association - AHA
Fellow
American Medical Association - AMA
Member

Insurance Accepted

Aetna Choice POS II
Aetna HMO
BCBS Blue Card PPO
CIGNA HMO
CIGNA Open Access
CIGNA PPO
Coventry Health Care PPO Platinum
Coventry Missouri - HMO/POS
Empire BCBS HMO
Empire BCBS PPO
First Health PPO
GHI PPO
Great West PPO
Healthfirst New York
HIP of New York - Select PPO
Humana ChoiceCare Network PPO
MagnaCare PPO
Multiplan PHCS PPO
Multiplan PPO
MVP Healthcare PPO
Oxford Health Freedom
United Healthcare - Direct Choice Plus POS
United Healthcare - Direct Options PPO
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