Joshua Balog, MD
Cardiac Electrophysiology
Taking care of patients is a privilege and I strive to make every patient feel better. I tailor each treatment for each patient, using state-of-the-art techniques and my expertise to arrive at the best outcomes.
Locations & AppointmentsLanguages Spoken
Spanish
Related Practices
Primary Areas of Practice
- Cardiac Electrophysiology
Other Areas of Practice
- Cardiac Rehabilitation
- Cardio-Oncology
- Nuclear Cardiology
- Preventive Cardiology
- Women and Heart Disease
Procedures
- 24-Hour Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring
- Ambulatory Telemetry Monitoring
- Arrhythmia Management
- Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
- Cardioversion
- Coronary Calcium Score
- Coronary CT Angiography
- Cryoablation
- Defibrillator Implantation
- Echocardiography
- Exercise Stress Testing
- Holter/Ambulatory Monitoring
- ICD Placement
- Pacemaker Follow-Up
- Pacemaker Implantation
- Pharmacological Stress Test
- Radiofrequency Ablation
- Tilt Table Test
- Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE)
- Watchman® Implant
Conditions Treated
- Angina
- Arrhythmias
- Atrial Fibrillation
- Cardiomyopathy
- Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)
- Coronary Artery Disease
- Heart Attack
- Heart Block
- Heart Failure/Cardiac Failure
- Heart Valve Disease
- Hyperlipidemia
- Hypertension
- Mitral Valve Prolapse
- Palpitations
- Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD)
- Pulmonary Hypertension
- Shortness of Breath
- Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT)
- Syncope (Fainting)
- Tachycardia
- Ventricular Tachycardia (VT)
Locations
HVA Medical Group
22-18 Broadway Suite 102 Fair Lawn, NJ 07410 Directions
HVA Medical Group
70 Hilltop Road Suite 3001 Ramsey, NJ 07446 Directions
HVA Medical Group
637 Route 23 South Suite 100 Pompton Plains, NJ 07444 Directions
Gastroenterology at West New York
435 57th Street West New York, NJ 07093 Directions
Appointments
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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
- Empire BCBS EPO
- Empire BCBS HealthPlus Gatekeeper (prefix VJD)
- Empire BCBS Indemnity
- Empire BCBS Medicare Advantage Plus
- 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 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 Joshua Balog
Dr. Balog, part of HVA Medical Group, is board certified in cardiovascular disease, clinical cardiac electrophysiology and internal medicine, with additional certification in nuclear cardiology. His primary clinical interest is heart rhythm disorders, including atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter, syncope, and supraventricular and ventricular tachycardia. He has expertise in cardiac resynchronization therapy, radiofrequency catheter ablation and hybrid ablation procedures, pacemaker and ICD implants, and left atrial appendage closure procedures. Dr. Balog received his MD from Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He did an internal medicine residency at the Boston University School of Medicine and a cardiovascular medicine fellowship at North Shore-LIJ Health System, followed by a clinical cardiac electrophysiology fellowship at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, in Philadelphia. He is a fellow of the Heart Rhythm Society. In addition to English, he is conversant in Spanish.
Honors & Awards
Fellow, Heart Rhythm Society
2018-2015: Jersey Choice Top Doctor, New Jersey Monthly
Teaching Positions
2016-present: Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine
Professional Memberships
Heart Rhythm Society
American College of Cardiology
American Medical Association
Education & Degrees
MD: Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Residency
Boston University School of Medicine
Fellowship
North Shore LIJ Health System: Cardiovascular Medicine
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital: Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
Certifications & Distinctions
- Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology (American Board of Internal Medicine)
- Cardiovascular Disease (American Board of Internal Medicine)
- Internal Medicine (American Board of Internal Medicine)
Publications
Balog J, An Unusual Short RP Tachycardia: What is the Mechanism?, Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology, 28(6):727-728, 2017.
Frisch D, Kenia A, Wallinsky P, Balog J, Managed Ventricular Pacing Facilitating Atrioventricular Nodal Reentry, Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology, 37(11):1568-1571, 2014.
Schulze PC, Biolo A, Gopal D, Shahzad K, Balog J, Fish M, Siwik D, Colucci WS, Dynamics in insulin resistance and plasma levels of adipokines in patients with acute decompensated and chronic stable heart failure, Journal of Cardiac Failure, 17(12):1004-1011.
Balog J, Frisch D, Whellan D, Ho R, Alternating Short and Long RP Tachycardias- What are the Mechanisms? Heart Rhythm, 7(12):1907-9, 2010.
Biolo A, Fisch M, Balog J, Chao T, Schulze PC, Ooi H, Siwik D and Colucci WS, Episodes of Acute Heart Failure Syndrome are Associated with Increased Levels of Troponin and Extracellular Matrix Markers, Circulation: Heart Failure, 3:44-50, 2010.
Petrylak D, Macarthur R, O'Connor J, Shelton G, Judge T, Balog J, Pfaff C, Bagiella E, Heitjan D, Fine R, Zuech N, Sawczuk I, Benson M and Olsson C, Phase I Trial of Docetaxel with Estramustine in Androgen-Independent Prostate Cancer, Journal of Clinical Oncology, 17:958-967, 1999.