David Shaffer MD in Albany, New York

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
HEMATOLOGY, INTERNAL MEDICINE

Medical School: University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1995
The Primary Medical Specialty for David Shaffer MD is listed as: Medical Oncology
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 29
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 3274545827
NPI #: 1487625158
NPI Created On: 01/30/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 03/20/2019
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RX0202X
License Number:
210541
Listed Gender: Male

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Forms of insurance accepted by include, but are not limited to:

• Humana
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample
2. Ct scan chest
3. Ct scan chest with contrast
4. Ct scan of abdomen and pelvis
5. Ct scan of abdomen and pelvis with contrast
6. Nuclear medicine study with ct imaging skull base to mid-thigh
7. Blood test, comprehensive group of blood chemicals
8. Urinalysis, manual test
9. Carcinoembryonic antigen (cea) protein level
10. Cyanocobalamin (vitamin b-12) level
11. Ferritin (blood protein) level
12. Folic acid level
13. Gammaglobulin (immune system protein) measurement
14. Iron level
15. Iron binding capacity
16. Lactate dehydrogenase (enzyme) level
17. Magnesium level
18. Psa (prostate specific antigen) measurement
19. Testosterone (hormone) level
20. Thyroxine (thyroid chemical) measurement

They took part in Medicare's Electronic Health Record Incentive Program which was designed to help move people over to electronic records and improve the systems that were already in place.
They took part in the Medicare Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS).