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2019 All Approved Living Well Providers  All living well providers listed below have submitted an application and have been reviewed and approved by NJ Top Docs within the last 12 months. Any healthcare provider not listed may not yet have applied for review. Please note that the following providers that are hyperlinked in blue have custom NJ Top Docs webpages. The following providers that are in black have been reviewed and approved, but they do not yet have an online webpage with NJ Top Docs.   Acupuncture Camden County Dr. Ming Yang – Voorhees Mercer County Dr. Helen Law – Princeton Monmouth County Dr. Wai Chiu – Holmdel Dr. Liping Wang – Holmdel Morris County Dr. Robert J. Reinhardt – Pequannock Ocean County Dr. Barbara Knoll – Lavallette Dr. Robert Lenahan – Point Pleasant Union County Dr. Ross Rosen – Westfield   Chiropractic Atlantic County Dr. Adonis Alejandro – Northfield Dr. Matthew Altman – Linwood Dr. David Bauer – Atlantic City Dr. Ebenezer Bilewu – Galloway Dr. Martin Brown – Northfield Dr. Karen Callaghan – Galloway Dr. Richard Carlson – Egg Harbor Township Dr. Fred Chang – Galloway Dr. Marc Cohen – Linwood Dr. Matthew Corbo – Linwood Dr. Jonathan Read More

Expert Cardiologist, Dr. Jordan Safirstein Named 2019 NJ Top Doc  NJ Top Docs has reviewed and approved Dr. Jordan Safirstein of Cardiology Consultants of North Morris, PA for 2019. In addition to practicing with Cardiology Consultants of North Morris, Dr. Safirstein is a specialist in the field of interventional cardiology. He is the Director of the Transradial Program at Morristown Medical Center, the busiest cardiac catheterization lab in the  state of New Jersey. Transradial procedures are performed through the wrist instead of the groin and have been shown to be safer and more comfortable for patients.  Dr. Safirstein also currently serves as the Principal Investigator of multiple clinical trials ongoing at Morristown Medical Center.  Dr. Safirstein is the co-founder of the New Jersey Cardiovascular Foundation and the Garden State Angio Club. This is a quarterly symposium where expert interventional cardiologists and fellows come to discuss interesting cases, share tips and tricks, update each other on recent guideline changes in a collegial, regional setting. One more addition to Dr. Safirstein’s busy schedule is being a member of The Valve Center at Morristown. Here, Dr. Safirstein and his colleagues have performed more trans catheter aoric valve replacements than any hospital in the Read More

Dr. Amber Khan Named NJ Top Doc For Seventh Consecutive Year NJ Top Docs has reviewed and approved Dr. Amber Khan for 2019. Dr. Khan has been re-reviewed and approved every year consecutively since 2013. She is a Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist who practices in New Providence, New Jersey. Born to a diplomat, her educational background is as diverse as her upbringing.  Dr. Khan grew up in several countries and has a mastery of many languages, including English, Urdu, Hindi, Punjabi, Tagalog, plus some Arabic and Kurdish. Her love for academia is second only to her passion for practicing good old fashioned hands on medicine, with as little bureaucracy as possible. She continues to be active in both Clinical and Academic sectors and is routinely recognized and praised for her efforts in these capacities. “There is no substitute for compassion and empathy in medicine,” Dr. Khan says.  Dr. Khan completed her Internal Medicine Residency at a Harvard Medical School Affiliate in Massachusetts and she completed her Gastroenterology Fellowship at SUNY Stony Brook in New York.  To learn more about NJ Top Doc, Dr. Amber Khan please click here.    About Us NJ Top Docs is a comprehensive, trusted and exclusive healthcare Read More

Radiologist, Dr. Christopher Petti Named 2019 NJ Top Doc Christopher Petti, MD of Bergen Imaging Center, P.A. has been reviewed and approved by NJ Top Docs for 2019. Dr. Petti is a mammographer based in Englewood, NJ who has been practicing for over 20 years.  He graduated from New York University School Of Medicine in 1993 and specializes in mammography, breast radiology, and more. Dr. Petti completed his fellowship in women’s imaging (breast and cross sectional imaging) at the State Univeristy of New York Health Science Center at Kings County Hospital Center in Brooklyn, New York.  Currently Dr. Petti is a member of the Radiologic Society of North America, the American Roentgen Ray Society and the American College of Radiology.  To learn more about Dr. Petti, please click here.       About Us NJ Top Docs is a comprehensive, trusted and exclusive healthcare resource featuring reviewed and approved Top Doctors and Dentists in New Jersey online in an easy to use format. NJ Top Docs only reviews and approves providers based on merit after they have been extensively vetted. NJ Top Docs is a division of USA Top Docs which allows patients to meet providers online before making their Read More

Dr. Javier I Torrens of the Center for Endocrine Health Named NJ Top Doc NJ Top Docs has reviewed and approved Javier I. Torréns, MD, FACP of the Center For Endocrine Health for 2019. Dr. Torrens specializes in Endocrinology and practices in Bridgewater, New Jersey. Dr. Torréns received his medical degree from Boston University School of Medicine where he was elected into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society as a medical student. He then completed his Internal Medicine and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism training at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC.  After a highly decorated and distinguished career at Walter Reed as Director of the Diabetes Education Program, Subject Matter Expert on Diabetes to the Endocrinology Consultant for the Surgeon General of the US Army, and Chief of Medicine of the 85th Combat General Hospital, Dr. Torréns joined the faculty at New Jersey Medical School. During his stay there, he established the Latino Diabetes Education Center, was co-investigator in the Women’s Health Initiative, the Study of Women’s Health Across the nation, and did research at Rockefeller University on fat cell biology and leptin regulation.  After a successful academic career, he joined Hunterdon Healthcare. Dr. Torréns is fluent Read More

NJ Top Docs Reviews and Approves Dr. Ming Yang, Ph.D., Dipl. & MS. L./C.Ac., MD (China) for 2019 NJ Top Doc, Dr. Ming Yang started studying Traditional Chinese (TCM) acupuncture and herbal medicine over 39 years ago while earning her medical degree in Western Medicine at West China University of Medical Sciences (WCUMS) which is one of the four most prestigious medical schools in China. She re-systematically studied and obtained her Master’s degree in Health Sciences/ Acupuncture in NYCTCM over 19 years. She is a Board Certified and Diploma licensed acupuncturist in New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania. In 2013 and 2014, Dr. Yang was a speaker at the World Federation Chinese Medicine & Acupuncture Society Conferences. These international conferences are the largest, most prestigious meetings for acupuncture practitioners. Additionally, Dr. Yang has a Ph.D. in Neurosciences. She conducted post-doctoral research at the University of Pennsylvania and then held a position of Senior Scientist and Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurology at the Medical School of Thomas Jefferson University (TJU) for ten years. To learn more about this NJ Top Doc, please click here.    About Us   NJ Top Docs is a comprehensive, trusted and exclusive healthcare Read More