Joseph Shatzkes, MD

Joseph Shatzkes, MD

Cardiology

 It is so important to me to get to know patients as people their interests, their families, and their history. I want people to know they can rely on me to take care of their health and that they can trust that I will be there when they need me. In our practice the patient comes first.  

Locations & Appointments

Languages Spoken

Hebrew, Spanish

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Primary Areas of Practice

  • Cardiology

Other Areas of Practice

  • Bloodless Medicine
  • Cardiac Rehabilitation
  • Cardio-Oncology
  • Echocardiography
  • Nuclear Cardiology
  • Preventive Cardiology
  • Women and Heart Disease

Procedures

  • 24-Hour Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring
  • Ambulatory Telemetry Monitoring
  • Bloodless Medicine & Surgery
  • Cardioversion
  • Coronary Calcium Score
  • Exercise Stress Testing
  • Holter/Ambulatory Monitoring
  • Pacemaker Follow-Up
  • Pharmacological Stress Test
  • Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE)

Conditions Treated

  • Angina
  • Arrhythmias
  • Atrial Fibrillation
  • Cardiomyopathy
  • Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)
  • Coronary Artery Disease
  • Heart Attack
  • Heart Failure/Cardiac Failure
  • Heart Valve Disease
  • Hyperlipidemia
  • Hypertension
  • Mitral Valve Prolapse
  • Palpitations
  • Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD)
  • Pulmonary Hypertension
  • Shortness of Breath
  • Syncope (Fainting)

Locations

Englewood Cardiology Consultants - Englewood Health Physician Network

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177 North Dean Street Englewood, NJ 07631 Directions 

Phone: 201-569-4901
Fax: 201-569-6111
Monday: 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Tuesday: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Thursday: 12:30 PM – 4:00 PM

Appointments

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Insurances Accepted

Please contact your insurance company directly prior to receiving services or care to confirm your coverage. Although we have made every effort to ensure this list is accurate, only your health insurance plan can provide complete information regarding your coverage and potential out-of-pocket costs.

1199 (SEIU)

  • 1199 (SEIU)

Aetna

  • Aetna Assure Premier Plus
  • Aetna Better Health of New Jersey
  • Aetna CCN
  • Aetna CoreSource
  • Aetna Coventry
  • Aetna FIDE-SNP
  • Aetna HMO
  • Aetna Medicare Managed Care
  • Aetna POS
  • Aetna PPO
  • Aetna Whole Health HMO
  • Aetna Whole Health PPO
  • Medsolutions
  • Meritan Health

AmeriHealth

  • AmeriHealth Administrator
  • AmeriHealth HMO
  • AmeriHealth PPO
  • Value Network (Exchange Plan)

APWU

  • APWU Health Plan

Cigna

  • Cigna HMO
  • Cigna Medicare Advantage
  • Cigna Open Access Plus
  • Cigna PPO
  • Cigna Supplemental
  • Great-West Healthcare (GWH)
  • Health Partners

Clover Health

  • Clover Medicare Advantage

EmblemHealth

  • EmblemHealth EPO
  • EmblemHealth EPO2
  • EmblemHealth FEHB
  • EmblemHealth FEHBP
  • EmblemHealth GHI CBP
  • EmblemHealth GHI PPO
  • EmblemHealth National
  • EmblemHealth PPO1
  • EmblemHealth PPO2
  • EmblemHealth PPO3
  • EmblemHealth Tri-State
  • Vytra

Empire BCBS

  • Blue Priority
  • Direct HMO
  • Direct PPO
  • Empire BCBS EPO
  • Empire BCBS GEPO
  • Empire BCBS HealthPlus Gatekeeper (prefix VFG)
  • Empire BCBS HealthPlus Gatekeeper (prefix VJD)
  • Empire BCBS HMO
  • Empire BCBS Indemnity
  • Empire BCBS Medicare Advantage
  • Empire BCBS Medicare Advantage Plus
  • Empire BCBS POS
  • Empire BCBS PPO

Empire Plan (NYSHIP)

  • Empire Plan (NYSHIP)

Fidelis Care NJ

  • Fidelis Care NJ Medicaid Managed Care

First Health

  • First Health

GEHA

  • GEHA Health Plan

Horizon BCBS

  • Federal Employee Program
  • Horizon BCBS Braven Health
  • Horizon BCBS EPO
  • Horizon BCBS HMO
  • Horizon BCBS Medicare Managed Care
  • Horizon BCBS PPO
  • NJ Carpenters Fund
  • OMNIA Tier 1
  • Traditional

Horizon NJ Health

  • Horizon NJ Health Medicaid
  • Horizon NJ TotalCare (D-SNP)

Humana

  • Humana ChoiceCare Network PPO
  • Humana ChoiceCare+ Network PPO
  • Humana ChoicePOS
  • Humana Gold Choice Network PFFS
  • Humana Gold Choice Network PFFS 23
  • Humana Gold Plus DE-SNP
  • Humana Gold Plus HMO
  • Humana Medicare (Employer PPO Plus)
  • Humana Medicare PPO
  • Humana Medicare PPO 2023
  • Humana National Medicare HMO
  • Humana National POS - Open Access
  • Humana National POS - Open Access Plus

MagnaCare

  • Local 825
  • MagnaCare PPO

Mail Handlers

  • Mail Handlers Benefit Plan (MHBP)

Medicaid

  • Medicaid NJ

Medicare

  • Medicare NJ

MultiPlan/PHCS

  • Beech Street
  • MultiPlan Humana
  • MultiPlan Worker's Comp
  • PHCS
  • Pomco

MVP Health Care

  • MVP Health Care PPO

NALC

  • NALC Health Benefit Plan

Nippon Life Insurance Co of America

  • Nippon Life Benefits

Oxford

  • Freedom
  • Garden State Network
  • Liberty
  • Metro
  • Oxford Medicare

QualCare

  • Choice Care
  • HIP HMO
  • HIP PPO
  • HIP PRIME HMO
  • HIP PRIME PPO
  • Oscar
  • QualCare EPO
  • QualCare FEHB
  • QualCare GHI PPO
  • QualCare HMO
  • QualCare Humana
  • QualCare PPO
  • QualCare Worker's Comp

Railroad Medicare

  • Railroad Medicare NJ

TRICARE (Humana Military)

  • TRICARE (Humana Military)

TRICARE North Region

  • CHAMPVA
  • DVA

UMR

  • UMR

United Healthcare Community and State

  • Dual Complete
  • UnitedHealthcare Community and State Medicaid (NJ FamilyCare)
  • UnitedHealthcare Community and State Medicare

UnitedHealthcare

  • AARP
  • Commercial and Marketplace
  • Compass Benefit (Exchange)
  • Medica
  • River Valley
  • UnitedHealthcare EPO
  • UnitedHealthcare HMO
  • UnitedHealthcare POS
  • UnitedHealthcare PPO
  • UnitedHealthcare StudentResources

Wellcare NJ

  • Wellcare NJ Ambetter
  • Wellcare NJ Medicare Managed Care

Wellpoint

  • Wellpoint Medicaid
  • Wellpoint Medicare Advantage

About Joseph Shatzkes

Dr. Shatzkes is board certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular diseases, echocardiography, and nuclear cardiology. He received his MD from Downstate University Medical Center, where he graduated summa cum laude, was president of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society, and was nominated by his peers as an inaugural member of the Gold Humanism Honor Society. He completed his internal medicine residency at Columbia University Medical Center, where he received an award for Excellence in Clinical Medicine. He subsequently completed his cardiovascular fellowship training at Montefiore Medical Center and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

A member of Englewood Cardiology Consultants and MDPartners, Dr. Shatzkes is an attending physician at Englewood Hospital. His specialties include preventative and consultative cardiology and medicine, critical care cardiology, and medical ethics. He serves on the Clinical Competency Committee for the medical residency training program and recently received the award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching from the Department of Medicine.

Honors & Awards

Englewood Hospital Department of Medicine Clinical Teaching Award

Fellow, American College of Cardiology

Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society

Member, Gold Humanism Honor Society

Committees and Leadership Positions

Englewood Hospital Clinical Competency Committee

Education & Degrees

MD: SUNY Downstate College of Medicine

Residency

NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia

Fellowship

Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center: Cardiovascular Disease

Certifications & Distinctions

  • Adult Comprehensive Echocardiography (National Board of Echocardiography, Inc.)
  • Nuclear Cardiology (Certification Board of Nuclear Cardiology [CBNC])
  • Cardiovascular Disease (American Board of Internal Medicine)

Reviews & Ratings

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4.9 238 patient ratings

Reviews and ratings on our website are based on feedback from verified patients collected by Press Ganey, an independent organization that surveys patients about their care experience.

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Recent comments

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5.0 October 2024

"Handle everything with professional expectations"


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5.0 September 2024

"Dr Shatzkes is top notch. Best bedside manner and totally listens to every thought and concern."


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5.0 September 2024

"I recommend the doctor to my husband , who now loves him."


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5.0 September 2024

"This is an excellent practice. From the front office staff to the doctor, we are always well received and promptly taken cafe of. I have recommended Dr.Shatzkis to many of my friends who are now patients there."


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5.0 September 2024

"I am having a lot of health issues right now so l had many questions and brought along a lot of reports from other doctors. However Dr Shatkiz took his time and was not annoyed that l took up so much of his time."


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5.0 September 2024

"Always a pleasure seeing dr Shatzkes & staff"


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5.0 September 2024

"I'm happy for the Doctor and nurses that have been working with me"


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5.0 September 2024

"Very good experience"


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5.0 September 2024

"Doctor Joseph S. Has the best "bedside" manner a patient could hope for"


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5.0 September 2024

"Excellent experience"