About Me
As a cardiologist, I am dedicated to caring for my patients. Early in my career, the chief of medicine asked, “What is your calling?†I chose cardiology, because medical advances allow such doctors to offer new therapies and individualize care.
At ºÙºÙÊÓƵ Ambulatory Care Lake Success, I care for adults of all ages. I manage heart disease with a focus on evaluating and modifying a person’s risk factors, including high blood pressure and lipid disorders, which involve abnormal levels of cholesterol, triglycerides, or other proteins and fats in the blood.
I have expertise in preventive cardiology, a specialty that aims to prevent heart disease. This led me to become part of the faculty at ºÙºÙÊÓƵ’s Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease. Doctors at the center treat patients at risk of developing heart disease as well as those who already have it.
I also offer my patients access to clinical trials through the center. It is participating in research to determine if patients who have heart disease and elevated levels of lipoprotein(a)—which increase the risk of cardiovascular disease—can benefit from new therapies that lower those levels.Â
Educating patients about the importance of a healthy lifestyle and good nutrition are key in preventing heart disease. I provide my patients with access to certified nutritionists, community programs, and lectures on heart health.
I collaborate with other specialists to care for patients who have conditions that can increase their risk for heart disease. I evaluate patients with diabetes and treat them with medications that help lower their risk of heart disease. I also care for people who have rheumatic conditions, such as rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, and lupus. ºÙºÙÊÓƵ’s Cardio-Rheumatology Program offers therapies to help reduce these patients’ risk of heart disease and conducts research on new treatments.
Patients with high blood pressure during pregnancy or gestational diabetes may have an increased risk of developing heart disease later in life. I strive to improve their outcomes by educating them about their risks.
Cardiology gives me the opportunity to have a positive impact on people’s lives. Every day, I look forward to caring for my patients and helping them to live longer and better lives.
Conditions and Treatments
Conditions
- abdominal aortic aneurysm
- abnormal heart rhythms
- acute coronary syndrome
- acute respiratory failure
- amyloidosis
- aneurysm of aortic arch
- angina
- aortic aneurysm
- aortic disease
- aortic valve disease
- aortic valve insufficiency
- aortic valve stenosis
- aortoiliac occlusive disease
- arteriosclerosis
- atherosclerosis
- atrial fibrillation & atrial flutter
- atrial flutter
- atrial septal defect
- bradycardia
- cardiac amyloidosis
- cardiac device implant
- cardiac disease in pregnancy
- carotid artery disease
- carotid stenosis
- cerebrovascular disorder
- chest pain
- chronic venous insufficiency
- claudication
- complications of diabetes mellitus
- congenital heart disease
- congestive heart failure
- coronary artery anomaly
- coronary artery disease
- deep vein thrombosis
- diabetes
- dilated cardiomyopathy
- endothelial dysfunction
- fainting
- familial hypercholesterolemia
- heart attack
- heart disease
- heart murmur
- heart muscle disease
- heart throbbing
- heart tumor
- heart valve disease
- high blood pressure
- high cholesterol level
- high triglycerides
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- hypocholesterolemia
- inflammation of the heart valve
- inflammation of the membrane surrounding the heart
- ischemic cardiomyopathy
- LGBTQ+ health
- lipid disorders
- lipid metabolism
- metabolic syndrome
- mitral valve disease
- mitral valve prolapse
- mitral valve regurgitation
- mitral valve stenosis
- myocardial disease
- myocarditis
- obesity
- occlusive vascular disease
- pericardial effusion
- peripheral vascular disease
- platelet disorder
- polygenic hypercholesterolemia
- prediabetes
- pulmonary hypertension
- pulmonary stenosis
- pulmonary valve regurgitation
- rapid heartbeat
- renal artery stenosis
- renal vascular disorder
- rheumatic heart disease
- sarcoidosis
- shortness of breath
- takotsubo syndrome
- thrombosis
- varicose veins
- vascular disease
- venous insufficiency
- ventricular arrhythmias
- ventricular fibrillation
- ventricular tachycardia
Treatments
- angioplasty
- antiplatelet therapy
- aortic valve replacement
- arterial stent
- atrial septal defect repair
- automatic implantable cardioverter-defibrillators
- cardiac catheterization
- cardiac ct scan
- cardiac lead extraction
- cardiac monitors
- cardiac pacemaker lead
- cardiac rehabilitation
- coronary arterial stent
- heart imaging
- heart rate monitoring
- heart ultrasound
- nuclear medicine imaging procedure
- nutritional therapy
- pacemaker care
- permanent pacemaker
- primary care
- renal stent
- stress management
- vascular ultrasound
Learn more about conditions we treat at ºÙºÙÊÓƵ:
Aortic Aneurysm , Aortic Valve Disease , Aortoiliac Occlusive Disease , Atrial Fibrillation & Atrial Flutter , Bradycardia , Carotid Artery Disease , Chronic Venous Insufficiency , Coronary Artery Disease , Deep Vein Thrombosis , High Blood Pressure , Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy , Lipid Disorders , Mitral Valve Disease , Obesity , Renal Artery Stenosis , Sarcoidosis , Varicose Veins , Ventricular ArrhythmiasCredentials
Positions
- Clinical Assistant Professor,
Board Certifications
- American Board of Internal Medicine (Cardiovascular Disease), 1993
- American Board of Internal Medicine - Internal Medicine, 1989
Education and Training
- Fellowship, North Shore University Hospital, Cardiology, 1993
- Residency, North Shore University Hospital & Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Medicine, 1990
- MD from SUNY - Upstate, 1986
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Insurance Plans Accepted
This provider accepts the following insurance plans.
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Aetna
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Indemnity
- Aetna International
- Aetna Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Open Access EPO
- Aetna Open Access HMO
- Aetna POS
- Aetna POS (American Express Employer)
- Aetna PPO
- Aetna Signature Administrators PPO
- Aetna Student Plan
- Allied
- Chesterfield Resources Inc
- Christian Brothers Services
- CoreSource
- Nippon Life of America-Aetna
- Nippon Life-Aetna
- Starmark
- WellNet
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Amida Care
- Amida Care Medicaid
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Anthem BCBS Health Plus
- BCBS Healthplus Essential Plan 1
- BCBS Healthplus Essential Plan 2
- BCBS Healthplus Essential Plan 3
- BCBS Healthplus Essential Plan 4
- BCBS Healthplus Gatekeeper exchange
- BCBS Healthplus Mediblue Advantage
- BCBS Healthplus NY Child Health Plus NY
- BCBS Healthplus NY Medicaid Managed Care NY
- BCBS Healthplus Special Needs
- Empire Mediblue Healthplus Dual
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Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Anthem BCBS CT PPO
- Anthem BCBS CT Pathway PPO
- BCBS Blue Access EPO Large Group
- BCBS Blue Access EPO Small Group
- BCBS Blue Access GEPO Small Group
- BCBS Blue Access PPO Large Group
- BCBS EPO
- BCBS EPO (BlackRock Employees)
- BCBS EPO (LICH Employees)
- BCBS EPO - Empire EPO (ºÙºÙÊÓƵ Employees)
- BCBS EPO - Empire EPO (Sunset Park/Family Health Center Employees)
- BCBS EPO - Empire NYU Care (ºÙºÙÊÓƵ Employees)
- BCBS EPO - Empire NYU Care (Sunset Park/Family Health Center Employees)
- BCBS Federal Program
- BCBS Florida Blue Care HMO
- BCBS Florida Blue Medicare PPO
- BCBS Florida Blue Options PPO
- BCBS Florida Blue Select
- BCBS Florida MyBlue HMO
- BCBS Florida Simply Blue
- BCBS Florida Traditional PPC
- BCBS HMO
- BCBS Indemnity
- BCBS Local 32BJ Employees
- BCBS Mediblue Medicare HMO
- BCBS Mediblue Medicare PPO
- BCBS Mediblue Select HMO/Extra HMO
- BCBS POS
- BCBS PPO
- BCBS PPO (BlackRock Employees)
- BCBS PPO (LICH Employees)
- BCBS PPO - Empire PPO (Sunset Park/Family Health Center Employees)
- BCBS PPO/EPO Small Group
- New York Hotel Trades
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Centerlight Healthcare
- CenterLight Healthcare DIRECT
- CenterLight Healthcare PACE
- CenterLight Healthcare Select
- Centerlight Pace Medicare HMO
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Centers Plan For Healthy Living
- Centers Plan For Healthy Living
- Centers Plan For Healthy Living Medicaid Advantage Plus HMO D-SNP
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Cigna
- Apwu Health Plan
- Cigna - Humana
- Cigna Great West PPO
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna Indemnity
- Cigna Managed Care/POS
- Cigna Medicare Advantage
- Cigna NALC
- Cigna Open Access
- Cigna Open Access PPO
- Cigna Oscar
- Cigna PPO
- Cigna Premier Plus
- Great West HMO
- Kaiser Permanente
- MVP-Cigna Network
- Wellfleet-NYU Student
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Connecticare
- Connecticare Bridge
- Connecticare Commercial
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Elderplan
- Elderplan
- Elderplan FIDA
- Elderplan Medicare Advantage Plan
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Fidelis Care
- Ambetter Fidelis Care Bronze Exchange
- Ambetter Fidelis Care Catastrophic Cvg Exchange
- Ambetter Fidelis Care Gold Exchange
- Ambetter Fidelis Care Native American Exchange
- Ambetter Fidelis Care Platinum Exchange
- Ambetter Fidelis Care Silver Exchange
- Fidelis Care Child Health Plus
- Fidelis Care Medicaid Managed Care
- Fidelis Essential Plan 1
- Fidelis Essential Plan 2
- Fidelis Essential Plan 3
- Fidelis Essential Plan 4
- Wellcare by Fidelis Care Medicare
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First Health
- First Health PPO
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GHI
- American Plan Administrators
- GHI CBP (City of New York Employees)
- GHI Emblem Health EPO
- GHI Emblem Health PPO
- GHI HMO
- GHI HMO Medicare
- GHI Medicare PPO
- GHI Medicare Supplement
- GHI Network Access - Benefit Services of PA
- GHI Network Access - Humana
- GHI Network Access - Total Plan Concepts
- IUOE Local 14-14B
- Wlny-TV Inc.
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HIP
- Emblem Essential Plan 1
- Emblem Essential Plan 2
- Emblem Essential Plan 3
- Emblem Essential Plan 4
- HIP Access I
- HIP Access II
- HIP Bridge
- HIP Child Health Plus
- HIP EPO
- HIP HMO
- HIP Medicaid Enhanced Care
- HIP Medicare Supplement
- HIP POS
- HIP PPO
- HIP Prime Basic Exchange
- HIP Prime Bronze
- HIP Prime Bronze Exchange
- HIP Prime Catastrophic Exchange
- HIP Prime Gold
- HIP Prime Gold Exchange
- HIP Prime Platinum
- HIP Prime Platinum Exchange
- HIP Prime Silver
- HIP Prime Silver Exchange
- HIP VIP Medicare Bold
- HIP VIP Medicare Prime
- Vytra HMO
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Healthfirst
- Health And Recovery Plan (Harp)
- Healthfirst Bronze Leaf Exchange
- Healthfirst Bronze Total, Pro, Plus EPO
- Healthfirst Child Health Plus
- Healthfirst Essential Plan 1 & 2
- Healthfirst Essential Plan 3 & 4
- Healthfirst Gold Leaf Exchange
- Healthfirst Gold Total, Pro, Plus EPO
- Healthfirst Green Leaf Exchange
- Healthfirst Medicaid
- Healthfirst Medicare
- Healthfirst Medicare/NYU Risk
- Healthfirst Personal Wellness Plan
- Healthfirst Platinum Leaf Exchange
- Healthfirst Platinum Total, Pro, Plus EPO
- Healthfirst Silver Leaf Exchange
- Healthfirst Silver Total, Pro, Plus EPO
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Humana
- Humana Medicare Advantage
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Local 1199
- Local 1199 - NYU Hospital Member Choice
- Local 1199 PPO
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Magnacare
- Magnacare PPO
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Medicaid of New York
- NYS Medicaid
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Medicare
- Medicare Part A and B
- Medicare Part B
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Multiplan
- AXA Assistance USA
- Administrative Concepts
- Beech Street PPO
- Diversified Administration Corporation
- Fiserv Health
- GEHA
- Global Excel
- Global Health
- Guardian Life Insurance Co Of America
- Health Net Of California
- Health Republic Of NJ
- Insurance Design Administrators
- Kaiser Foundation
- Kaiser Permanente
- Meritain Health
- Multiplan PPO
- Multiplan-Capital Dist Phys Health
- Mutual Of Omaha
- Nippon Life Ins Co
- PHCS
- Professional Benefit Admin
- Qualcare Inc
- Screen Actors Guild
- Teamsters Allied Benefits
- US Life Insurance Company
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NYSHIP - The Empire Plan
- NYS Health Insurance Plan - The Empire Plan, Excelsior Plan, NY Student Employee Health Plan
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Oxford
- Oxford Health Plans Freedom
- Oxford Health Plans Liberty
- Oxford Metro
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POMCO Insurance Company
- POMCO Insurance Company
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Qualcare Inc.
- Qualcare Direct
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Railroad Medicare
- Palmetto GBA Railroad Medicare
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River Spring Health Plan
- River Spring Medicare HMP SNP
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Sedgwick WTC
- World Trade Center - Sedgwick
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Tricare
- TriWest
- Tricare
- US Family Health Plan
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United Healthcare
- AARP Medicare Complete
- Bind Benefits inc
- Oxford Health Plans Medicare Advantage
- UHC Medicare Complete Choice Regional PPO
- UMR
- United Health Care Charter
- United Healthcare (NY University Care Plan)
- United Healthcare AARP
- United Healthcare All Savers
- United Healthcare CareCore
- United Healthcare Choice
- United Healthcare Choice (AMEX employees)
- United Healthcare Choice (Blackrock employees)
- United Healthcare Choice (CBS employees)
- United Healthcare Choice (Simon
- United Healthcare Compass Exchange
- United Healthcare EPO
- United Healthcare EPO (ºÙºÙÊÓƵ Health Employees)
- United Healthcare Golden Rule Insurance
- United Healthcare HMO
- United Healthcare Healthscope
- United Healthcare Indemnity
- United Healthcare Indemnity (ºÙºÙÊÓƵ Health Employees)
- United Healthcare Medicare
- United Healthcare Navigate
- United Healthcare Nexus
- United Healthcare Nexus (Amex Employees)
- United Healthcare POS
- United Healthcare PPO
- United Healthcare Plus (ºÙºÙÊÓƵ Health Employees)
- United Healthcare Student Resources
- United Healthcare Student Resources (NYU)
- United Healthcare Value, Advantage and HDHP (New York University employees)
- UnitedHealthcare Choice (NY Power Authority Employees)
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VA Community Care Network
- VA CCN Optum
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VNS Choice Advantage
- VNS Medicare Advantage
- VNS NY Choice Select Health
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WTC Health Program
- NY Fire Department - WTC
- WTC Health Program
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Wellcare
- WellCare Medicare
William L. Blau, MD does not accept insurance.
Locations and Appointments
ºÙºÙÊÓƵ Ambulatory Care Lake Success-Cardiology
1999 Marcus Avenue, Suite 220, New Hyde Park, NY 11042
Clinical Trials and Research Studies
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Glycemic and Cardiometabolic Biomarker improvements associated with reduction in air pollution exposure