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Melodi B. Pirzada, MD

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  • Specialty: Pediatric Pulmonology
  • Treats: Children
  • Language: English
  • Phone: 516-663-4600
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As a child, I watched my father take care of his patients with great compassion, and I always wanted to follow in his caring footsteps. I also suffered from asthma, but because the symptoms were mild, I didn’t receive a diagnosis until later in my life. I became a pediatric pulmonologist to ensure that this wouldn’t happen to other children.

I treat children with general lung conditions such as asthma and bronchiolitis, as well as less common conditions, including congenital diagrammatic hernias and interstitial lung diseases. I also treat children who have neuromuscular diseases with pulmonary complications, and require advanced technology-driven management, such as ventilators and airway clearance devices. Additionally, I perform flexible bronchoscopies for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes.

I believe in zero harm to my patients. Quality of patient care is very important and I treat every child as I treat my own.

My research focuses on infants with gastroesophageal reflux disease and pulmonary complications. Recently, my team and I have been working to publish our findings and continue to do more projects in this area.

For the past six years, I have been recognized by New York Magazine’s “Best Doctors in New York.â€


Conditions and Treatments

Conditions
  • abnormal breathing
  • asthma
  • back pain
  • bronchiectasis
  • chest pain
  • chronic cough
  • chronic lung disease of prematurity
  • chronic respiratory failure
  • cystic fibrosis
  • gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
  • interstitial lung disease
  • muscular dystrophy
  • mycobacterium infection
  • nontuberculous mycobacterial infections
  • pneumonia
  • primary ciliary dyskinesia
  • sarcoidosis
  • shortness of breath
  • spinal muscular atrophy

Positions
  • Clinical Professor, Department of Pediatrics at NYU Grossman Long Island School of Medicine
  • Chief, Pediatric Pulmonology, ºÙºÙÊÓƵ Hospital - Long Island
Board Certifications
  • American Board of Pediatrics (Pediatric Pulmonology), 1994
Education and Training
  • Fellowship, Columbia Presbyterian Med Ctr (New York, NY), Peds Pulmonary, 1994
  • Residency, Winthrop-University Hospital, Pediatrics, 1991
  • Residency, Ankara U Medical School, Biochemistry, 1987
  • MD from Ankara University, 1986

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    • Aetna HMO
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    • Aetna International
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    • Aetna POS (American Express Employer)
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    • Christian Brothers Services
    • CoreSource
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    • Starmark
    • WellNet
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    • BCBS Healthplus Essential Plan 4
    • BCBS Healthplus Gatekeeper exchange
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    • BCBS Healthplus NY Child Health Plus NY
    • BCBS Healthplus NY Medicaid Managed Care NY
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    • Empire Mediblue Healthplus Dual
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    • Wellcare by Fidelis Care Medicare
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    • Humana Medicare Advantage
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    • Medicare Part B
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    • Beech Street PPO
    • Diversified Administration Corporation
    • Fiserv Health
    • GEHA
    • Global Excel
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    • Guardian Life Insurance Co Of America
    • Health Net Of California
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    • Insurance Design Administrators
    • Kaiser Foundation
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    • PHCS
    • Professional Benefit Admin
    • Qualcare Inc
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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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  • VA Community Care Network
     
    • VA CCN Optum
  • VNS Choice Advantage
     
    • VNS Medicare Advantage
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  • WTC Health Program
     
    • NY Fire Department - WTC
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    • WellCare Medicare
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  • Abeles, Michael; Akerman, Meredith; Halaby, Claudia; Pirzada, Melodi

    Postgraduate medical journal. 2022 Mar ; 98(1157):183-186

  • Kazachkov, Mikhail; Pirzada, Melodi

    Lancet. Respiratory medicine. 2020 Dec ; 8(12):1169-1170

  • Obsekov, Vladislav; Chen, Linda; Pirzada, Melodi; Giusti, Robert; Kazachkov, Mikhail

    Pediatric pulmonology. 2020 Oct ; 55(10):2742-2744

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