25 of the Best Hematologist Oncologists Near Me in Larchmont, NY

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MediFind found 484 specialists near Larchmont, NY

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    Marina Konopleva
    Expertise in
    25
    conditions
    Expertise in
    25
    conditions

    Montefiore Medical Center

    111 East 210th Street, 
    Bronx, NY 
     (7.2 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Marina Konopleva, MD, Phd, is Professor, Oncology, Professor, Molecular Pharmacology, Director, Leukemia Program and Co-Director, Blood Cancer Institute, at Montefiore Einstein. Her clinic focus centers on treating patients with hematologic malignancies, with an emphasis on acute myeloid and acute lymphoblastic leukemia. She has additional expertise in treating patients with high-risk myelodysplastic syndrome and chronic myeloid leukemia. Dr. Konopleva is highly rated in 25 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), Leukemia, Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS), Bone Marrow Aspiration, and Bone Marrow Transplant.

    Irina Murakhovskaya
    Expertise in
    11
    conditions
    Expertise in
    11
    conditions

    Montefiore Medical Park At Eastchester

    1695 Eastchester Road, 
    Bronx, NY 
     (7.4 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Dr. Irina Murakhovskaya is an Assistant Professor of Medicine (Hematology). She completed a medical degree at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and residency and fellowship training at Montefiore Health System. Her clinical interests focus on monoclonal gammopathy, low-grade lymphoma, and hematologic issues in pregnancy. Dr. Murakhovskaya is highly rated in 11 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia, Thrombocytopenia, Adult Immune Thrombocytopenia, and Hemangioma Thrombocytopenia Syndrome.

    Balazs Halmos
    Expertise in
    9
    conditions
    Expertise in
    9
    conditions

    Montefiore Medical Park At Eastchester

    1695 Eastchester Road, 
    Bronx, NY 
     (7.4 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Balazs Halmos, MD received his medical degree summa cum laude from Semmelweis University in Budapest, Hungary. He completed an internal medicine residency program at St. Dr. Halmos is highly rated in 9 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Lung Cancer, Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC), EGFR Positive Lung Cancer, Small Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC), and Tissue Biopsy.

    Della F. Makower
    Expertise in
    6
    conditions
    Expertise in
    6
    conditions

    Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center - Montefiore Medical Park

    1575 Blondell Avenue, 
    Bronx, NY 
     (7.5 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    My research is focused on breast cancer management, and on care delivery and support for breast cancer patients. Dr. Makower is highly rated in 6 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Breast Cancer, Paget Disease of the Breast, Angiosarcoma, and Pleuropulmonary Blastoma.

    Expertise in
    15
    conditions
    Internal Medicine
    Expertise in
    15
    conditions
    Internal Medicine

    Westchester CancerCare

    175 Memorial Highway, 
    New Rochelle, NY 
     (2.0 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Ian Hantman is an Internal Medicine provider in New Rochelle, New York. Dr. Hantman is highly rated in 15 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS), Paget Disease of the Breast, Breast Cancer, and Familial Colorectal Cancer.

    Expertise in
    14
    conditions
    Internal Medicine
    Expertise in
    14
    conditions
    Internal Medicine

    NYP Medical Group

    685 White Plains Road, 
    Eastchester, NY 
     (4.1 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Ahmed Asif is an Internal Medicine provider in Eastchester, New York. Dr. Asif is highly rated in 14 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia, Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL), Adult Immune Thrombocytopenia, and Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP).

    Expertise in
    13
    conditions
    Dermatology
    Expertise in
    13
    conditions
    Dermatology

    Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Westchester

    500 Westchester Ave, 
    West Harrison, NY 
     (7.0 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Parisa Momtaz is a Dermatologist in West Harrison, New York. Dr. Momtaz is highly rated in 13 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Melanoma, Cholangiocarcinoma (Bile Duct Cancer), Anal Cancer, and Pancreatic Cancer.

    Expertise in
    7
    conditions
    Internal Medicine
    Expertise in
    7
    conditions
    Internal Medicine

    Montefiore Medical Center

    111 East 210th Street, 
    Bronx, NY 
     (7.2 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Shyamala Navada is an Internal Medicine provider in Bronx, New York. Dr. Navada is highly rated in 7 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS), Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), Acute Myeloblastic Leukemia without Maturation, Bone Marrow Aspiration, and Endoscopy.

    Dan Costin
    Expertise in
    49
    conditions
    Expertise in
    49
    conditions

    WPHPA Cancer And Blood Specialists Of New York

    2 Longview Avenue, 3rd Floor, 
    White Plains, NY 
     (7.3 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Dr. Dan Costin is Director of the White Plains Hospital Center for Cancer Care. He has been practicing medical oncology and hematology in Westchester since 1993. He received his B.S. in biochemistry at the University of California in Los Angeles and his medical degree at the University of California in San Francisco. He completed his internal medicine residency at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston in 1990, his fellowship in medical oncology at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda in 1991, and his fellowship in hematology at New York University in 1993. He has been an attending physician at White Plains Hospital since 1993 and served as section chief of the department of Hematology-Oncology from 1999 to 2007. Dr. Costin is highly rated in 49 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Paget Disease of the Breast, Osteosarcoma, Chondrosarcoma, and Angiosarcoma.

    Abraham Mittelman
    Expertise in
    39
    conditions
    Expertise in
    39
    conditions

    WPHPA Medical Oncology

    2 Longview Avenue, 4th Floor, 
    White Plains, NY 
     (7.3 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English, Hungarian
    Offers Telehealth

    Dr. Mittelman earned his medical degree from his medical degree from Mt. Sinai School of Medicine. He completed his internship at Elmhurst Hospital Center, Queens, and his internal medicine residency at State University of NY Health Science Center, Brooklyn. He completed a fellowship in oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in July 1983. Dr. Mittelman is highly rated in 39 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Breast Cancer, Paget Disease of the Breast, Inflammatory Breast Cancer, and Colorectal Cancer.

    Joshua P. Raff
    Expertise in
    33
    conditions
    Expertise in
    33
    conditions

    WPHPA Oncology & Hematology

    2 Longview Avenue, 2nd Floor, 
    White Plains, NY 
     (7.3 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Joshua Raff, M.D. is the Director of the Digestive Cancer Program at White Plains Hospital, as well as the Leader of the Hospital's GI Cancer Program Conference. Dr. Raff received his medical degree from the Sackler School of Medicine at Tel Aviv University in 1997. He completed his residency in internal medicine at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, and was a fellow of hematology and oncology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine from 2000-2003. Dr. Raff is highly rated in 33 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Schnitzler Syndrome, Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance (MGUS), Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL), and Familial Pancreatic Cancer.

    Nagashree Seetharamu
    Expertise in
    28
    conditions
    Oncology | Otolaryngology
    Expertise in
    28
    conditions
    Oncology | Otolaryngology

    Northwell Health Center For Advanced Medicine, RJ Zuckerberg Cancer Center

    450 Lakeville Road, Entrance B, 
    Lake Success, NY 
     (12.1 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English, Hindi, Kannada, Telugu
    Offers Telehealth

    Nagashree Seetharamu, MD, MBBS, is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. Board certified in Internal Medicine, Hematology, Medical Oncology and Hospice/Palliative medicine, she specializes in cancers of the head and neck and thoracic malignancies (lung cancer, mesothelioma, thymic tumors). She maintains an active clinical practice at the Monter Cancer Center where she focuses on providing compassionate, personalized, evidence-based multidisciplinary care. Dr. Seetharamu has established her reputation at the national level through her active involvement, and leadership within influential oncology organizations that steer the direction of clinical cancer care and research across the United States, and globally. She is a full member of both the Cancer Prevention Committee and Respiratory Committee of Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology. This is a national, NCI-sponsored, cooperative group that develops, fund and conducts clinical trials at many academic and community oncology centers across the country. In her position on these committees, she collaborates with clinical research experts across the country to establish standards-of-care, oversees the conduct of existing clinical trials, develops innovative and impactful hypotheses, and formulate future clinical trials. Dr. Seetharamu is the institutional principal investigator on over 10 clinical trials, has co-authored over 50 publications and book chapters and is a sought after speaker at various regional, national and international events related to Head and Neck and Thoracic cancer. Dr. Seetharamu is also Associate Program Director of the Medical Oncology and Hematology Fellowship Program for the Northwell Health Cancer Institute. In this role, she provides hands-on involvement in the recruitment, education and mentorship of future generations of physicians. Dr. Seetharamu trained in internal medicine at Long Island Jewish Medical Center and in hematology/oncology at New York University Medical Center. Dr. Seetharamu is highly rated in 28 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Lung Cancer, Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC), Small Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC), and EGFR Positive Lung Cancer.

    Yael S. Zack
    Expertise in
    26
    conditions
    Hematology
    Expertise in
    26
    conditions
    Hematology

    WPHPA Oncology & Hematology

    2 Longview Avenue, 2nd Floor, 
    White Plains, NY 
     (7.3 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English, Hebrew
    Offers Telehealth

    Dr. Yael Zack is a member of White Plains Hospital Physician Associates, Oncology & Hematology of White Plains. Dr. Zack is highly rated in 26 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Anemia, Paget Disease of the Breast, Large-Cell Immunoblastic Lymphoma, and Familial Colorectal Cancer.

    Carol Lederman
    Expertise in
    24
    conditions
    Expertise in
    24
    conditions

    WPHPA Cancer And Blood Specialists Of New York

    2 Longview Avenue, 3rd Floor, 
    White Plains, NY 
     (7.3 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Dr. Lederman received her medical degree from Cornell Medical College and completed residency in Internal Medicine at The Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. After serving one year as Chief Resident in Internal Medicine at Elmhurst Hospital in Queens, she completed fellowship training in Hematology and Oncology at New York Medical College/Westchester Medical Center. She served New York Medical College as Assistant Clinical Professor for several years, as well as being an active member of the New York Blood Center Transfusion Service. Dr. Lederman is highly rated in 24 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are GTP Cyclohydrolase 1 Deficiency, Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency, Pseudocholinesterase Deficiency, and Deep Vein Thrombosis.

    Noah S. Kornblum
    Expertise in
    21
    conditions
    Expertise in
    21
    conditions

    Montefiore Medical Park At Eastchester

    1695 Eastchester Road, 
    Bronx, NY 
     (7.4 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English, Spanish
    Offers Telehealth

    Noah Kornblum is an Oncologist in Bronx, New York. Dr. Kornblum is highly rated in 21 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Adult T-Cell Leukemia, Multiple Myeloma, Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS), Bone Marrow Transplant, and Bone Marrow Aspiration.

    Mendel Goldfinger
    Expertise in
    20
    conditions
    Expertise in
    20
    conditions

    Montefiore Medical Center

    111 East 210th Street, 
    Bronx, NY 
     (7.2 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Dr. William Osler famously said, “The good physician treats the disease; the great physician treats the patient who has the disease.” I am a strong believer in individualizing treatment plans unique to each patient based on understanding the patient as a whole and the specifics of their disease. I am committed to each patient’s care and work hard to ensure that every single patient has the most positive clinical outcome. Dr. Goldfinger is highly rated in 20 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Multiple Myeloma, Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), Chronic B-Cell Leukemia (CBCL), Bone Marrow Transplant, and Bone Marrow Aspiration.

    Subuhee Hussain
    Expertise in
    16
    conditions
    Expertise in
    16
    conditions

    WPHPA Cancer And Blood Specialists Of New York

    2 Longview Avenue, 3rd Floor, 
    White Plains, NY 
     (7.3 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English, Spanish, Urdu

    Dr. Subuhee Hussain is the Chief for the Department of Hematology & Oncology at White Plains Hospital. Dr. Hussain graduated from SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, NY and completed her residency in Internal Medicine at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York. She received Fellowship training in Medical Oncology and Hematology at Montefiore Medical Center Albert Einstein Cancer Center, and she is board certified in Medical Oncology, Hematology, and Internal Medicine. Dr. Hussain is highly rated in 16 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Neuroendocrine Tumor, Myeloproliferative Neoplasms (MPN), Pleuropulmonary Blastoma, and Lung Cancer.

    Henny H. Billett
    Expertise in
    14
    conditions
    Expertise in
    14
    conditions

    Montefiore Medical Park At 1575 Blondell

    1575 Blondell Avenue, 
    Bronx, NY 
     (7.5 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Dr. Henny Billett has been Chief of the Division of Hematology since 2012 and Professor of Clinical Medicine and Pathology since 2002. Dr. Billett is highly rated in 14 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Antiphospholipid Syndrome, Mesenteric Venous Thrombosis, Sickle Cell Disease, Venous Thromboembolism (VTE), and Splenectomy.

    Gulam A. Manji
    Expertise in
    14
    conditions
    Internal Medicine | Hematology | Oncology
    Expertise in
    14
    conditions
    Internal Medicine | Hematology | Oncology

    CUIMC/Herbert Irving Pavilion

    161 Fort Washington Avenue, 
    New York, NY 
     (11.7 miles away)
    Experience:
    17+ years
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients
    Offers Telehealth

    Gulam Manji, M.D., Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Columbia University Medical Center. Dr. Manji received his M.D. degree from Ross University School of Medicine in 2009 and completed his residency in internal medicine at Albany Medical College. He then completed his fellowship in Hematology/Oncology at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia, where his clinical focus was on the treatment of gastrointestinal malignancies, melanoma, and sarcoma under the mentorship of Dr. Gary Schwartz, Chief of Hematology and Oncology.Dr. Manji conducts translational research with the overall goal to developing new treatments for cancer. His focus is in gastrointestinal malignancies, particularly pancreas adenocarcinoma, on which he is conducting preclinical combination immunotherapy studies on genetically engineered mice with pancreas cancer in the Olive laboratory at the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center. The combination immunotherapy preclinical proposal received the Young Investigator Award from the American Society of Clinical Oncology-2015. The goal of these preclinical studies is to bring promising new therapies to the clinic in an early phase clinical trials Dr. Manji's research career in identifying new genes and their implication in disease has led to numerous key publications and an issued patent.Dr. Manji cares for patients with gastrointestinal malignancies, with a particular focus on pancreatic and liver cancers, and sarcomas. He is the principal investigator of an investigator-initiated multicenter clinical trial that he wrote with Dr. Gary Schwartz in sarcoma and malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors and is responsible for clinical trials conducted in liver, bile duct, gallbladder, and pancreas cancers at Columbia University Medical Center. Dr. Manji is highly rated in 14 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Pancreatic Cancer, Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma, Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor, and Familial Pancreatic Cancer.

    Veena S. John
    Expertise in
    14
    conditions
    Hematology Oncology | Oncology
    Expertise in
    14
    conditions
    Hematology Oncology | Oncology

    Northwell Health Center For Advanced Medicine, RJ Zuckerberg Cancer Center

    450 Lakeville Road, Entrance B, 
    Lake Success, NY 
     (12.1 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English, Hindi, Malayalam, Punjabi
    Offers Telehealth

    Veena John, MD, is the System Head for GYN/Medical Oncology for the Northwell Health Cancer Institute and an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. Board certified in Internal Medicine, Hematology and Medical Oncology, she maintains an active practice caring for patients with gynecologic cancers where she focuses on providing compassionate, personalized, evidence-based multi-disciplinary care. In conjunction with physicians in Surgical Oncology, she pioneered a multi-disciplinary team approach for gynecologic oncology patients at the R.J. Zuckerberg Cancer Center where her practice is based. Dr. John is a highly experienced principal investigator for industry sponsored Phase I, II and III clinical trials in gynecologic oncology. She is the site principal investigator for the NRG cooperative group for the Northwell Health Cancer Institute and co-chair of the protocol review monitoring committee. Dr. John earned her medical degree from Christian Medical College in India, where she also completed her internal medicine internship. She completed her internal medicine residency at Flushing Medical Center and fellowship in hematology and medical oncology at North Shore University Hospital. She is an active member of the Society for Gynecologic Oncology, Society for Immunotherapy in Cancer, American Society of Clinical Oncology and American Society of Hematology as well as a member of the Ovarian Cancer committee for the national Gynecologic Oncology Group. Dr. John is highly rated in 14 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Ovarian Cancer, Endometrial Cancer, Testicular Yolk Sac Tumor, and Malignant Mixed Mullerian Tumor.

    Ioannis Mantzaris
    Expertise in
    13
    conditions
    Expertise in
    13
    conditions

    Montefiore Medical Center

    111 East 210th Street, 
    Bronx, NY 
     (7.2 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Ioannis Mantzaris is an Oncologist in Bronx, New York. Dr. Mantzaris is highly rated in 13 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), Adult T-Cell Leukemia, Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, Bone Marrow Aspiration, and Bone Marrow Transplant.

    Haiying Cheng
    Expertise in
    10
    conditions
    Expertise in
    10
    conditions

    Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center - Montefiore Medical Park

    1695 Eastchester Road, 
    Bronx, NY 
     (7.4 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Haiying Cheng is an Oncologist in Bronx, New York. Dr. Cheng is highly rated in 10 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC), Lung Cancer, EGFR Positive Lung Cancer, Small Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC), and Tissue Biopsy.

    Aditi Shastri
    Expertise in
    9
    conditions
    Expertise in
    9
    conditions

    Montefiore Medical Center

    111 East 210th Street, 
    Bronx, NY 
     (7.2 miles away)
    Experience:
    18+ years
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    I am a board certified hematologist and medical oncologist. I specialize in caring for patients with hematologic malignancies and specifically myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and aplastic anemia (AA). Dr. Shastri is highly rated in 9 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS), Adult T-Cell Leukemia, Leukemia, Bone Marrow Transplant, and Bone Marrow Aspiration.

    Karen Green
    Expertise in
    9
    conditions
    Hematology
    Expertise in
    9
    conditions
    Hematology

    WPHPA Cancer And Blood Specialists Of New York

    2 Longview Avenue, 3rd Floor, 
    White Plains, NY 
     (7.3 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Dr. Karen Green graduated from New York University School of Medicine in 1988 and received residency training in Internal Medicine at The New York Hospital/Cornell Medical Center and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. She completed a fellowship in Hematology/Oncology at New York Presbyterian Hospital/Cornell Medical Center. After completing her training in 1995, she spent eight years on the full-time faculty at New York Presbyterian Hospital/Cornell Medical Center, where she served as Assistant Professor of Medicine and specialized in breast cancer. Dr. Green is highly rated in 9 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Breast Cancer, Paget Disease of the Breast, Angiosarcoma, and Inflammatory Breast Cancer.

    Swati Goel
    Expertise in
    9
    conditions
    Hematology
    Expertise in
    9
    conditions
    Hematology

    Montefiore At 3411 Wayne Avenue

    3411 Wayne Avenue, 
    Bronx, NY 
     (7.4 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Swati Goel, MBBS, is Leader of the Myeloproliferative Disorder Clinic, Assistant Director of the Hematology-Oncology Fellowship Program and Associate Professor in the Department of Oncology and Medicine at Montefiore Einstein. Her area of clinical focus is myeloproliferative neoplasms, and the conditions she treats include myelofibrosis, polycythemia vera, essential thrombocythemia, mastocytosis, eosinophilia, anemia and pancytopenia. Dr. Goel is highly rated in 9 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Myelofibrosis, Multicentric Castleman Disease (MCD), Castleman Disease, and Unicentric Castleman Disease (UCD).

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    What is a hematologist oncologist?           

    A hematologist oncologist is a board-certified physician who can diagnose and manage cancers that affect blood, bone marrow, or the lymphatic system. An “oncologist” is a doctor that specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. A “hematologist” treats issues related to blood, bone marrow, or the lymphatic system.   

    Why am I being referred to a hematologist oncologist?     

    Patients are usually referred to a hematologist oncologist when their primary care physician (PCP) suspects they may have cancer. However, going to a hematology oncology appointment does not automatically mean a person has cancer. In some cases, PCPs make these referrals to rule out cancer.  

    How many kinds of blood cancers exist? 

    There are three main types of blood cancers: leukemia, lymphoma, and myeloma. Leukemia affects blood and bone marrow, causing abnormal white blood cells. Lymphoma targets the lymphatic system, which is part of the immune system. Myeloma – also called multiple myeloma – affects plasma cells in bone marrow. Every type of blood cancer comes in many different variations, each with its own symptoms and treatment needs.

    How is blood cancer diagnosed?   

    According to Yale Medicine, doctors usually start with blood tests to check for unusual cells or changes in blood counts. If something seems wrong, they might do a bone marrow biopsy, where they take a small sample of bone marrow to look for cancer cells. They might also use imaging tests like computed tomography (CT) scans or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to see if the cancer has spread. These tests help doctors figure out the type and stage of cancer, which is important for deciding the best treatment plan. 

    What are the symptoms of blood cancer? 

    Symptoms of blood cancer may vary from person to person. They also happen at different levels of intensity. Common symptoms include: 

    • Fatigue 
    • Unexplained weight loss 
    • Frequent infections 
    • Easy bruising or bleeding (e.g., nosebleeds or bleeding gums) 
    • Swollen lymph nodes in the neck, armpits, or groin 
    • Bone pain, especially in the back or ribs 
    • Night sweats 

    When should I see a Hematologist Oncologist near Larchmont, NY?

    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 Hematologist Oncologist near Larchmont, NY?

    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 Hematologist Oncologists near Larchmont, NY?

    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 Hematologist Oncologists near Larchmont, NY?

    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 Hematologist Oncologist in Larchmont?

    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 Hematologist Oncologist search results page. 

    Why is it important to get a second opinion from a different Hematologist Oncologist?

    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 Hematologist Oncologist near Larchmont, NY?

    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 Hematologist Oncologist?

    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 Hematologist Oncologist 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 Hematologist Oncologists near Larchmont, NY?

    Look for the filter feature on the left side of the Hematologist Oncologist 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 Hematologist Oncologist that offers video calls?

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

    Reviewed on: 11/07/24  

    By: MediFind Medical Staff 

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