Pulmonary Disease Doctors in Far Rockaway, NY Accepting Medicare

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Shashi Patel, MD
Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Disease
Medicare: Accepting Medicare Assignments
Practice Location: 2915 Far Rockaway Blvd, Far Rockaway, NY 11691
Phone: 718-337-7000    Fax: 718-327-8897

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Pulmonary Disease: An internist who treats diseases of the lungs and airways. The pulmonologist diagnoses and treats cancer, pneumonia, pleurisy, asthma, occupational and environmental diseases, bronchitis, sleep disorders, emphysema and other complex disorders of the lungs.


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