Theresa E. Pondok, MD

Cardiovascular Disease Doctor

Dr. Theresa E. Pondok is a Cardiovascular Disease Doctor in Yonkers, NY with special training and skill in diagnosing, treating and preventing diseases related to the heart and blood vessels. As a Cardiovascular Disease Doctor, Theresa E. Pondok, MD performs medical diagnosis and treatment of coronary artery disease, congenital heart defects, heart failure, valvular heart disease, and electrophysiology. Cardiovascular Disease Medicine is a medical specialty focused on treating diseases of the heart and circulatory system. Significant diseases and conditions treated by Cardiovascular Disease Doctors include include heart disease, stroke, cardiovascular disease, atherosclerosis, cardiomyopathy, and hypertension. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Cardiovascular Disease Doctors include blood tests, diagnostic imaging such as x-ray, MRI, and CT scan, electrophysiology studies, electrocardiogram (ECG), echocardiograms, stress tests, and referral to other specialists as needed.

An internist who specializes in diseases of the heart and blood vessels and manages complex cardiac conditions such as heart attacks and life-threatening, abnormal heartbeat rhythms.

Cardiovascular Disease Doctors in Yonkers, NY

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Nuclear Cardiologist

Dr. Theresa E. Pondok is a Nuclear Cardiologist in Yonkers, NY with special training and skill in using small amounts of radioactive material to diagnose and treat patients' heart problems by injecting an imaging agent into a patient's bloodstream and using a gamma camera to monitor a patient's heart at work and at rest. As a Nuclear Cardiologist, Theresa E. Pondok, MD performs cutting edge heart scans and tests to provide diagnostics and condition management plans. Nuclear Cardiology is the study and use of noninvasive techniques to assess and evaluate dysfunctions of the heart: blood flow, pumping function, size, and location. Nuclear medicine injects small amounts of radioactive materials - radiotracers - into the bloodstream, nose (inhaled) or mouth (swallowed). These radiotracers travel to the area being examined and give off gamma rays which are detected by a special camera and depicted by a computer as highly detailed images of the heart. Significant diseases and conditions treated by Nuclear Cardiologists include schaemic heart disease, coronary artery disease and cardiomyopathy. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Nuclear Cardiologists include supervising cardiac stress tests and cardiac specific radiotracking, SPECT gamma imaging analysis, fusion/hybrid imaging (structural with CT/MR + functional SPECT/PET), multiple gated acquisition (MUGA), radionuclide angiography, ventriculography, or gated pool imaging.

A nuclear medicine physician who specializes in nuclear cardiology.

Nuclear Cardiologists in Yonkers, NY

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• 1199 SEIU National Benefit Fund

• Aetna [Aetna Health Inc. (a NY corp.)]

• Affinity Health Plan, Inc.

• AgeWell [AgeWell New York, LLC]

• Cigna Healthcare [Cigna HealthCare of New York, Inc.]

• EmblemHealth [Health Insurance Plan of Greater New York]

• Empire BlueCross BlueShield

• Empire BlueCross BlueShield HealthPlus

• Fidelis Care [New York State Catholic Health Plan, Inc.]

• GHI HMO an EmblemHealth Company

• Healthfirst Insurance Company, Inc.

• MagnaCare [Brighton Health Plan Solutions]

• Medicare

• Multiplan / PHCS [MultiPlan, Inc.]

• MVP Health Care [MVP Health Plan, Inc.]

• Railroad Medicare

• RiverSpring Health Plans

• UnitedHealthcare of New York, Inc.

• UnitedHealthcare Oxford [Oxford Health Insurance, Inc.]

• VNSNY

• WellCare of New York