General Practitioners

• Medical Weight Loss
• Primary Care
  If you are a member of an HMO, please ask you primary care doctor for a referral slip or authorization number as soon as you make your appointment. Otherwise, your visit or procedure may have to be rescheduled for another day
• Emergency Care
  In cases of an emergency nature, it is best to go directly to your local Hospital Emergency Room and ask the physician on duty to call us.
• Colonoscopy
  A colonoscopy is a procedure that allows the doctor to view the entire length of the large intestine (colon), and can often help identify abnormal growths, inflamed tissue, ulcers, and bleeding. It involves inserting a colonoscope, a long, flexible, lighted tube, in through the rectum up into the colon. The colonoscope allows the doctor to see the lining of the colon, remove tissue for further examination, and possibly treat some problems that are discovered.
• Constipation
• Irritable Bowel Syndrome
  What is Irritable Bowel Syndrome? Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is a common disorder of the intestines that leads to crampy pain, gassiness, bloating, and changes in bowel habits. Read more
• Diarrhea

Internists

• Internal Medicine
  Gastroenterology is a branch of medicine concerned with digestive diseases. The practice of gastroenterology concentrates on the diagnosis and treatment of diseases involving the esophagus, stomach, small intestine and large intestine (colon), liver, gallbladder, and pancreas. This medical field is really a subspecialty of Internal Medicine, as is, for example, Cardiology, which deals with diseases of the heart.
• Gastroenterology
  The ultimate goal of this center is to provide colon/rectal cancer screenings and other GI procedures along with patient awareness, education and nutrition in a comfortable, relaxed, and nurturing environment.
• Cervical Cancer
  Medical screening exams are commonly performed on healthy individuals to search for potential problems before they become serious. It is like having your car inspected before your brakes fail. A common example is the Pap Smear which is now a well accepted screening tool. If a Pap smear shows precancerous cells, they can be destroyed and cancer is prevented. This simple procedure has reduced a woman’s risk of cervical cancer to 1/50th of the previous levels. The basic premise of screening is that it is much more rewarding to prevent a cancer than find one, even in early curable stages.
• Colon Cancer
  Colon cancer is a malignant growth that occurs on the inner wall of the colon or the rectum. It is now known that colon cancer usually begins many years earlier as a small noncancerous growth called a polyp, which grows on the inner wall of the colon. Nobody knows what causes polyps to grow and why some people get them and others do not – but genetics probably plays some role. We do know that over time some polyps will grow larger until they develop into colon cancer. Although there are always exceptions, current data suggests that this malignant transformation is slow and may take as long as five years or longer.
• Endoscopy
  The Digestive Health Center of Huntington is a GI Ambulatory Surgery Center serving approximately 5,000 patients per year. The center was certified and opened in December 2002 after the hard work, dedication and perseverance of Drs. Paul Bermanski and Richard Fried. The Center is a free-standing facility fully licensed by the state of New York specializing in Endoscopy procedures, located in the heart of Huntington.
• Lung Cancer
  No one likes the thought of cancer – especially colon cancer. The truth is that many otherwise health-conscious adults are just too embarrassed or afraid to talk about it. Unfortunately, this silence has allowed colon cancer to become quite common in our society. Did you know that colon cancer is now the leading cause of cancer deaths in nonsmokers? Only lung cancer is more deadly. This year we can expect about 134,000 new cases of colon cancer – 55,000 deaths. We find about two or three new cases of colon cancer a week in our practice alone. That’s the bad news. The good news is that it is surprisingly easy to lower your risk of this common deadly disease. Read this pamphlet and discuss it with your doctor. Knowing these simple facts could save your life. Don’t be embarrassed to death.

Endocrinologist

• Diabetes Care

Radiologist

• X-Rays
• Chemotherapy
  Diarrhea lasting more than 2 weeks may be a sign of an underlying health problem. See your doctor to find out what may be causing your diarrhea. Possible suspects include irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), inflammatory bowel disease, poor blood flow to the bowels, problems absorbing nutrients, a long-standing infection, or a food allergy or intolerance. Long-standing diarrhea can also be caused by chemotherapy and radiation.

Allergists

• Allergies