The 20 Best Painful Swallowing Doctors Near Me in West Deptford, NJ

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Last Updated: 02/22/2026

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MediFind found 461 doctor with experience in Painful Swallowing near West Deptford, NJ. Of these, 379 are Experienced, 74 are Advanced and 8 are Distinguished.

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    Nicholas T. Orfanidis
    Advanced in Painful Swallowing
    Gastroenterology | Hepatology
    Advanced in Painful Swallowing
    Gastroenterology | Hepatology

    26 East Red Bank Avenue

    26 East Red Bank Avenue, 
    Woodbury, NJ 
     (2.3 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients
    Offers Telehealth

    Nicholas Orfanidis is a Hepatologist and a Gastroenterologist in Woodbury, New Jersey. Dr. Orfanidis is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Painful Swallowing. His top areas of expertise are Diverticular Disease, Gastrointestinal Bleeding, Anemia, Endoscopy, and Colonoscopy. Dr. Orfanidis is currently accepting new patients.

    Michael C. Dimarino
    Advanced in Painful Swallowing
    Gastroenterology | Hepatology
    Advanced in Painful Swallowing
    Gastroenterology | Hepatology

    26 East Red Bank Avenue

    26 East Red Bank Avenue, 
    Woodbury, NJ 
     (2.3 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients
    Offers Telehealth

    Michael Dimarino is a Hepatologist and a Gastroenterologist in Woodbury, New Jersey. Dr. Dimarino is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Painful Swallowing. His top areas of expertise are Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD), Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Colitis, Endoscopy, and Colonoscopy. Dr. Dimarino is currently accepting new patients.

    Rasesh Shah
    Advanced in Painful Swallowing
    Pediatric Otolaryngology | Otolaryngology | Pediatrics
    Advanced in Painful Swallowing
    Pediatric Otolaryngology | Otolaryngology | Pediatrics
    620 North Broad Street, 
    Woodbury, NJ 
     (2.4 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients

    Rasesh Shah is an Otolaryngologist and a Pediatrics provider in Woodbury, New Jersey. Dr. Shah is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Painful Swallowing. His top areas of expertise are Low Nasal Bridge, Nasal Septal Hematoma, Perichondritis, Stent Placement, and Myringotomy. Dr. Shah is currently accepting new patients.

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    Maurits S. Boon
    Distinguished in Painful Swallowing
    Otolaryngology
    Distinguished in Painful Swallowing
    Otolaryngology

    Jefferson Otolaryngology (ENT) - Honickman Center

    1101 Chestnut Street, Floor 16, 
    Philadelphia, PA 
     (7.7 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients
    Offers Telehealth

    Maurits Boon is an Otolaryngologist in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Boon is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Painful Swallowing. His top areas of expertise are Painful Swallowing, Swallowing Difficulty, Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Vocal Cord Dysfunction, and Laryngectomy. Dr. Boon is currently accepting new patients.

    Joseph R. Spiegel
    Distinguished in Painful Swallowing
    Otolaryngology
    Distinguished in Painful Swallowing
    Otolaryngology

    Jefferson Otolaryngology (ENT) - Honickman Center

    1101 Chestnut Street, Floor 16, 
    Philadelphia, PA 
     (7.7 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients
    Offers Telehealth

    Joseph Spiegel is an Otolaryngologist in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Spiegel is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Painful Swallowing. His top areas of expertise are Laryngeal Nerve Damage, Swallowing Difficulty, Spasmodic Dysphonia, Laryngectomy, and Endoscopy. Dr. Spiegel is currently accepting new patients.

    Howard J. Bresalier
    Experienced in Painful Swallowing
    Pediatric Otolaryngology | Otolaryngology | Plastic Surgery
    Experienced in Painful Swallowing
    Pediatric Otolaryngology | Otolaryngology | Plastic Surgery
    620 North Broad Street, 
    Woodbury, NJ 
     (2.4 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Howard Bresalier is an Otolaryngologist and a Plastic Surgeon in Woodbury, New Jersey. Dr. Bresalier is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Painful Swallowing. His top areas of expertise are Jones Syndrome, DFNB1, Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo, and Infant Hearing Loss.

    Patrick J. Hall
    Experienced in Painful Swallowing
    Plastic Surgery
    Experienced in Painful Swallowing
    Plastic Surgery
    620 North Broad Street, 
    Woodbury, NJ 
     (2.4 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients

    Patrick Hall is a Plastic Surgeon in Woodbury, New Jersey. Dr. Hall is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Painful Swallowing. His top areas of expertise are Nonallergic Rhinopathy, Palatal Myoclonus, Ozena, Laryngectomy, and Gastrostomy. Dr. Hall is currently accepting new patients.

    Philip T. Rowan
    Experienced in Painful Swallowing
    Otolaryngology | Plastic Surgery | Sleep Medicine
    Experienced in Painful Swallowing
    Otolaryngology | Plastic Surgery | Sleep Medicine
    620 North Broad Street, 
    Woodbury, NJ 
     (2.4 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients

    Philip Rowan is an Otolaryngologist and a Plastic Surgeon in Woodbury, New Jersey. Dr. Rowan is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Painful Swallowing. His top areas of expertise are Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo, Ruptured Eardrum, Infant Hearing Loss, and Vertigo. Dr. Rowan is currently accepting new patients.

    Gurston G. Nyquist
    Experienced in Painful Swallowing
    Otolaryngology
    Experienced in Painful Swallowing
    Otolaryngology

    Jefferson Health – Navy Yard

    3 Crescent Drive, 
    Philadelphia, PA 
     (3.7 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients

    Gurston Nyquist is an Otolaryngologist in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Nyquist is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Painful Swallowing. His top areas of expertise are Sinusitis, Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak, Pituitary Tumor, Endoscopic Transnasal Transsphenoidal Surgery, and Septoplasty. Dr. Nyquist is currently accepting new patients.

    Kristen A. Singer
    Experienced in Painful Swallowing
    Gastroenterology | Hepatology
    Experienced in Painful Swallowing
    Gastroenterology | Hepatology

    Jefferson Health – Navy Yard

    3 Crescent Drive, 
    Philadelphia, PA 
     (3.7 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients
    Offers Telehealth

    Kristen Singer is a Hepatologist and a Gastroenterologist in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Singer is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Painful Swallowing. Her top areas of expertise are Gas Bloat Syndrome, Turcot Syndrome, Gardner Syndrome, Colonoscopy, and Gastrectomy. Dr. Singer is currently accepting new patients.

    Distinguished in Painful Swallowing
    Distinguished in Painful Swallowing

    Penn Otorhinolaryngology - Head And Neck Surgery Perelman

    3400 Civic Center Boulevard, South Pavilion, 3rd Floor, 
    Philadelphia, PA 
     (7.1 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients

    Gregory Weinstein is an Otolaryngologist in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Weinstein is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Painful Swallowing. His top areas of expertise are Laryngeal Cancer, Throat Cancer, Salivary Gland Tumors, Laryngectomy, and Gastrostomy. Dr. Weinstein is currently accepting new patients.

    Distinguished in Painful Swallowing
    Gastroenterology
    Distinguished in Painful Swallowing
    Gastroenterology

    Penn Gastroenterology Perelman

    3400 Civic Center Boulevard, South Pavilion, 4th Floor, 
    Philadelphia, PA 
     (7.1 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients

    Kristle Lynch is a Gastroenterologist in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Lynch is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Painful Swallowing. Her top areas of expertise are Eosinophilic Esophagitis, Esophagitis, Achalasia, Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD), and Endoscopy. Dr. Lynch is currently accepting new patients.

    Experienced in Painful Swallowing
    Family Medicine
    Experienced in Painful Swallowing
    Family Medicine

    South Jersey Family Medicine

    831 Kings Highway, Suite 100, 
    West Deptford, NJ 
     (1.6 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Marcus Magnet is a primary care provider, practicing in Family Medicine in West Deptford, New Jersey. Dr. Magnet is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Painful Swallowing. His top areas of expertise are Multiple Myeloma, Cirrhosis, Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), and Familial Combined Hyperlipidemia.

    Experienced in Painful Swallowing
    Internal Medicine
    Experienced in Painful Swallowing
    Internal Medicine

    Jeanne Tomaino MDoffice

    211 Shrewsbury Avenue, 
    Red Bank, NJ 
     (2.3 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Jeanne Tomaino is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Red Bank, New Jersey. Dr. Tomaino is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Painful Swallowing. Her top areas of expertise are Asbestosis, Silent Thyroiditis, Transient Global Amnesia, Chronic Subdural Hematoma, and Endoscopy.

    Experienced in Painful Swallowing
    Internal Medicine
    Experienced in Painful Swallowing
    Internal Medicine

    IPC Hospitalist Physicians Of New Jersey

    1 Riverview Plaza, Riverview Medical Center, 
    Red Bank, NJ 
     (2.3 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Joseph Luayon is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Red Bank, New Jersey. Dr. Luayon is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Painful Swallowing. His top areas of expertise are Stroke, Orthostatic Hypotension, Low Blood Pressure, and Apoplexy.

    Experienced in Painful Swallowing
    Otolaryngology
    Experienced in Painful Swallowing
    Otolaryngology

    Riverside Facial Plastic Surgery And Nasal Center

    70 East Front Street, 
    Red Bank, NJ 
     (2.3 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English, Spanish

    Frank Scaccia is an Otolaryngologist in Red Bank, New Jersey. Dr. Scaccia is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Painful Swallowing. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyps (CRSwNP), Empyema, Sinusitis, and Nonsyndromic Hearing Loss.

    Experienced in Painful Swallowing
    Internal Medicine
    Experienced in Painful Swallowing
    Internal Medicine

    Penn Internal Medicine Woodbury Heights

    1006 Mantua Pike, 
    Woodbury Heights, NJ 
     (2.7 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Jeffrey Millstein is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Woodbury Heights, New Jersey. Dr. Millstein is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Painful Swallowing. His top areas of expertise are Glucocorticoid-Remediable Aldosteronism, Familial Hypertension, Hypertension, and High Cholesterol.

    Beth C. Gardner
    Advanced in Painful Swallowing
    Gastroenterology | Hepatology
    Advanced in Painful Swallowing
    Gastroenterology | Hepatology
    565 Egg Harbor Road, 
    Sewell, NJ 
     (7.0 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients

    Beth Gardner is a Hepatologist and a Gastroenterologist in Sewell, New Jersey. Dr. Gardner is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Painful Swallowing. Her top areas of expertise are Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD), Chronic Erosive Gastritis, Gastrectomy, and Colonoscopy. Dr. Gardner is currently accepting new patients.

    Joseph M. Curry
    Advanced in Painful Swallowing
    Otolaryngology | General Surgery
    Advanced in Painful Swallowing
    Otolaryngology | General Surgery

    Jefferson Otolaryngology (ENT) - Honickman Center

    1101 Chestnut Street, Floor 16, 
    Philadelphia, PA 
     (7.7 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients
    Offers Telehealth

    Joseph Curry is an Otolaryngologist and a General Surgeon in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Curry is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Painful Swallowing. His top areas of expertise are Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (HNSCC), Salivary Duct Stones, Throat Cancer, Laryngectomy, and Gastrostomy. Dr. Curry is currently accepting new patients.

    Jeffrey A. Abrams
    Advanced in Painful Swallowing
    Gastroenterology | Hepatology
    Advanced in Painful Swallowing
    Gastroenterology | Hepatology

    Jefferson Digestive Health Institute - Honickman Center

    1101 Chestnut Street, Floors 7 & 8, 
    Philadelphia, PA 
     (7.7 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients
    Offers Telehealth

    Jeffrey Abrams is a Hepatologist and a Gastroenterologist in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Abrams is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Painful Swallowing. His top areas of expertise are Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD), Visceromegaly, Gastrointestinal Bleeding, Colonoscopy, and Endoscopy. Dr. Abrams is currently accepting new patients.

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    Last Updated: 02/22/2026

    What is the definition of Painful Swallowing?

    Painful swallowing is any pain or discomfort while swallowing. You may feel it high in the neck or lower down behind the breastbone. Most often, the pain feels like a strong sensation of squeezing or burning. Painful swallowing may be a symptom of a serious disorder.

    When should I see a Painful Swallowing doctor near West Deptford, NJ?

    There are various reasons why you may want to see a specialist, such as: 

    • Your primary care provider recommends it. 
    • Your condition requires expert knowledge and specialized care. 
    • Your symptoms persist or worsen despite treatment. 
    • You need specialized testing or procedures. 
    • You want a second opinion.  

    What should I consider when choosing a Painful Swallowing doctor near West Deptford, NJ?

    It’s important to see a provider with expertise in your specific condition. Each provider profile in MediFind’s doctor database includes information on which conditions they treat, years of experience, research contributions, languages spoken, insurance plans accepted, and more.  

    How does MediFind rank Painful Swallowing doctors near West Deptford, NJ?

    MediFind’s rankings are based on a variety of data sources, such as the number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials and industry conferences, as well as the number of patients that provider sees for a given condition. Note that MediFind’s provider database is not based on user reviews, and providers do not pay to be included in the database. 

    What types of insurance are accepted by Painful Swallowing doctors near West Deptford, NJ?

    Most profiles in MediFind’s doctor database include a list of insurance plans accepted by that provider. However, it’s a good idea to contact the provider’s office to make sure they still accept your insurance, then doublecheck by contacting your insurance plan to confirm they’re in network. 

    How can I book an appointment online with a Painful Swallowing doctor near West Deptford, NJ?

    MediFind offers direct scheduling for certain providers using the “Request Appointment” button on that provider’s profile. If the schedule option is not available for a provider, tap the red “Show Phone Number” button on their profile to get their contact information. If you prefer to find providers who offer online scheduling, select “Schedules online” under the “Availability” category of the filter feature on the left side of the Painful Swallowing doctor search results page. 

    Why is it important to get a second opinion from a different Painful Swallowing doctor?

    Second opinions are an opportunity to confirm a diagnosis and its root cause, learn about alternative treatment options, or simply gain peace of mind. Many people, especially those with serious diagnoses, get second opinions so they can understand all their options and make informed decisions, so don’t hesitate to get one if you have any doubts or need more information or clarification regarding your care. Note that some insurance plans require second opinions, while others don’t cover second opinions, so be sure to confirm with your insurance provider first.   

    How can I prepare for my appointment with a Painful Swallowing doctor near West Deptford, NJ?

    Prepare for your appointment by gathering the following items: 

    • Copies of medical records (dating back at least one year) 
    • Your medical history, including illnesses, medical conditions, surgeries, and other doctors you see 
    • Family history of disease 
    • List of current prescription drugs, over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal remedies or supplements including names and doses 
    • Allergies to medications, food, latex, insects, etc.  
    • List of questions and concerns 
    • Your insurance card 

    You might also contact the provider’s office to see if they offer transportation or childcare services or if you’re allowed to bring a loved one for support or to take notes during your visit. 

    What questions should I ask my Painful Swallowing doctor?

    Here are some sample questions: 

    • Can you explain in simple terms what this condition is and how it’s treated? 
    • What symptoms or side effects should I watch for? 
    • What tests will be involved, and when can I expect results? 
    • Are there other specialists I need to see? 
    • What’s the best way to reach you if I have follow-up questions? 

    How can I learn about the latest clinical trials and research advances my Painful Swallowing doctor may know about?

    MediFind’s Clinical Trials tool asks you a series of questions to help you narrow down your search by health condition, age, gender, location, how far you’re willing to travel, and more. Each question you answer filters down the number of trials until you find the ones that are most relevant to you. 

    MediFind’s Latest Advances tool features summaries of recent articles published in medical journals. We use cutting-edge technology to scour medical publication databases for the latest research advancements on any given condition, then we simplify this information in a way that’s useful and easy to understand. 

    Can I filter my search to show male or female Painful Swallowing doctors near West Deptford, NJ?

    Look for the filter feature on the left side of the Painful Swallowing doctor search results page. Select “Female” or “Male” under the “Gender” category to search for female or male providers exclusively. If the “Any” option is selected, it will pull results for both male and female providers. 

    Can I filter my search to find a Painful Swallowing doctor that offers video calls?

    Look for the filter feature on the left-side of the Painful Swallowing doctor search results page. Select “Offers telehealth visits” under the Availability category to search for providers who offer virtual appointments (video calls). 

    Reviewed on: 11/11/24  

    By: MediFind Medical Staff 

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