Dr. Lawrence R. Blitz
Overview
Dr. Blitz is a consultative and interventional cardiologist in practice with Cardiology Associates of North Jersey since 1997. His areas of expertise include the medical and interventional management of coronary and peripheral vascular disease. He is also involved with the Interventional Valve Program at Morristown Medical Center. After graduating from Haverford College and NYU School of medicine, he completed an Internal Medicine residency at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center and fellowship training in Cardiovascular Medicine and Interventional Cardiology at The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. He is active on the medical staffs of Morristown Medical Center as well as Chilton Medical Center where he serves as the Chairman of Cardiology and the Medical Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory. At Chilton Medical Center, he started the peripheral vascular interventional program and has directed the STEMI program since its initiation in 2005. Dr. Blitz is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions. He has served as a past president of the New Jersey Society of Interventional Cardiology, and has participated as the local Principle Investigator in several multicenter trials in clinical and interventional cardiology. He has presented at both national and international Interventional Cardiology conferences. He is published on the topics of valvular heart disease, and interventional therapies for limb ischemia and DVT.
Dr. Blitz is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Rheumatic Fever. His top areas of expertise are Aortic Valve Stenosis, Heart Attack, Familial Neurocardiogenic Syncope, Thrombectomy, and Heart Valve Repair.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 6 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
242 West Parkway, Pompton Plains, NJ 07444
Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Blitz has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.
Clinical Research
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Areas of Expertise
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- Distinguished
- Aortic Valve StenosisDr. Blitz isDistinguished. Learn about Aortic Valve Stenosis.
- Familial Neurocardiogenic SyncopeDr. Blitz isDistinguished. Learn about Familial Neurocardiogenic Syncope.
- Heart AttackDr. Blitz isDistinguished. Learn about Heart Attack.
- Advanced
- Acute Coronary SyndromeDr. Blitz isAdvanced. Learn about Acute Coronary Syndrome.
- AnginaDr. Blitz isAdvanced. Learn about Angina.
- ApoplexyDr. Blitz isAdvanced. Learn about Apoplexy.
- ArrhythmiasDr. Blitz isAdvanced. Learn about Arrhythmias.
- Arterial EmbolismDr. Blitz isAdvanced. Learn about Arterial Embolism.
- AtherosclerosisDr. Blitz isAdvanced. Learn about Atherosclerosis.
- Experienced
- AngioplastyDr. Blitz isExperienced. Learn about Angioplasty.
- Aortic RegurgitationDr. Blitz isExperienced. Learn about Aortic Regurgitation.
- Aortic Valve ReplacementDr. Blitz isExperienced. Learn about Aortic Valve Replacement.
- Arterial InsufficiencyDr. Blitz isExperienced. Learn about Arterial Insufficiency.
- Atrial TachycardiaDr. Blitz isExperienced. Learn about Atrial Tachycardia.
- Atrioventricular Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia (AVNRT)