White Plains, N.Y. - White Plains Hospital is pleased to welcome Dr. Edo Paz to its White Plains Hospital Physician Associates division. Dr. Paz is board certified and fellowship trained in cardiology, internal medicine, echocardiography, and nuclear cardiology. He will see patients in the Armonk location for high blood pressure, cholesterol management, chest pain/angina, coronary artery disease, atrial fibrillation, heart rhythm disorders, congestive heart failure, heart valve disorders, and other adult cardiac conditions.
Dr. Paz achieved his medical degree from Columbia University, where he was recipient of the Loeb Award for excellence in Clinical Medicine. He went on to complete his internship and residency at New York Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia University Medical Center, as well as a Fellowship in Cardiology and Advanced Cardiac Imaging. Previously, Dr. Paz graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor’s and master’s degree in chemistry from Harvard University.
An experienced clinical investigator, Dr. Paz has numerous published peer-reviewed studies, posters and presentations to his credit, with a focus on advanced cardiac imaging, treating cardiac patients with end-stage renal disease, and cardiothoracic surgery, funded through a NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award.
He is the winner of numerous other awards, including the Columbia University Medical Center Department of Medicine Professionalism Award, is a 5.0-rated doctor on ZocDoc, and is an Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society inductee.
Dr. Paz will see patients at the White Plains Hospital Physician Associates offices at 99 Business Park Drive in Armonk. For appointments and more information, call (914) 849-7900.
About White Plains Hospital
White Plains Hospital is a proud member of the Montefiore Health System, serving as its tertiary hub of advanced care in the Hudson Valley. The Hospital is a 292-bed not-for-profit health care organization with the primary mission of providing exceptional acute and preventive medical care to all people who live in, work in or visit Westchester County and its surrounding areas. Centers of Excellence include the Center for Cancer Care, The William & Sylvia Silberstein Neonatal & Maternity Center and The Ruth and Jerome A. Siegel Stroke Center. The Hospital’s Flanzer Emergency Department is the busiest in Westchester County, with more than 64,000 patient visits a year. White Plains Hospital performs lifesaving emergency and elective angioplasty in its Joan and Alan Herfort, MD, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory and Marie Promuto Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory. White Plains Hospital has outpatient medical facilities across Westchester, including multispecialty practices in Armonk, New Rochelle, Somers and Yorktown Heights; and Scarsdale Medical Group locations in Harrison and Scarsdale.
The Hospital is fully accredited by the Joint Commission and earned its recognition as a Top Performer for Key Quality Measures® in 2015 and 2013. The Hospital received Magnet® designation in 2012 and 2016 from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). The Hospital earned a three-year accreditation from the National Accreditation Program for Rectal Cancer (NAPRC), one of 16 hospitals in the nation, and the Hospital's Bariatric Surgical Center is accredited as a Comprehensive Center under the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP). White Plains Hospital has also received full accreditation for its breast cancer program from the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC) and The American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP®) recognized White Plains Hospital as a top 10% performing hospital for achieving meritorious outcomes for surgical patient care in 2019. In 2020, White Plains Hospital received the Outstanding Patient Experience Award from Healthgrades® for the fifth time and, was once again named Best Regional Hospital by U.S. News & World Report. https://www.wphospital.org/about/affiliations-accreditations-awards
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