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Office
Health Sciences Center
L4, #060
Stony Brook, NY 11794Phone+1 631-444-2975
Education & Training
New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus)Residency, Anesthesiology, 1980 - 1983
Atlantic Health SystemInternship, Transitional Year, 1979 - 1980
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at BuffaloClass of 1979
Certifications & Licensure
NY State Medical License 1983 - 2026
NJ State Medical License 1982 - 2005
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 10 citationsPostextubation laryngeal spasm in an unanesthetized patient with Parkinson's diseaseW.Walter Backus, Roy R. Ward, Stephen A. Vitkun, Dennis Fitzgerald, Jeffrey Askanazi
Journal of Clinical Anesthesia. 1991-07-01
Press Mentions
Medicare Penalizes 26 CT Hospitals for High Readmission RatesNovember 4th, 2021
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