Dr. Alan J. Schecter M.D.
Pulmonologist | Pulmonary Disease
233 E Shore Rd #112 Great Neck NY, 11023Rating
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About
Dr. Alan Schecter practices Pulmonology in Great Neck, NY. A pulmonologist is a physician who possesses specialized knowledge and skill in the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary conditions and diseases. Dr. Schecter manages patients who need life support and mechanical ventilation, and is specially trained in diseases and conditions of the chest, particularly pneumonia, asthma, tuberculosis, emphysema, and complicated chest infections.
Education and Training
Suny-Hlth Sci Ctr At Brooklyn, Coll of Med, Brooklyn Ny 1976
SUNY Downstate Medical Center College Of Medicine 1976
State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine 1976
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Critical Care Medicine
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Sleep Medicine- 2011
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Pulmonary Disease- 1982
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, polychlorinated dibenzofurans, and coplanar polychlorinated biphenyls in breast milk from two cities in Ukraine.
- Correlations among human plasma levels of dioxin-like compounds and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and implications for epidemiologic studies.
- A multidisciplinary clerkship in emergency medicine.
- A multidisciplinary clerkship in emergency medicine.
- Treatment of sarcoid meningitis with radiotherapy.
- Effects of chloroform, tetrachloroethylene, and trichloroethylene on survival, growth, and liver of Poecilia sphenops.
- Methadone use in patients with chronic renal disease.
- Pesticide application and increased dioxin body burden in male and female agricultural workers in China.
- Exposure of laboratory animals to polychlorinated dibenzodioxins and polychlorinated dibenzofurans from commerical rodent chow.
- Correlations among polychlorinated biphenyls, dioxins, and furans in humans.
Professional Memberships
- Fellow American College of Chest Physicians
- Fellow American College of Physicians
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