Dr. Christopher Palestro MD
Nuclear Medicine Specialist
Lijmc Dept Of Medicine Division Of Nuclear Medicine 270 05 76th Avenue New Hyde Park NY, 11040About
Dr. Christopher Palestro practices Nuclear Medicine in New Hyde Park, NY. Dr. Palestro uses procedures and treatments that apply molecular imaging and molecular therapy. Nuclear Medicine Physicians are trained and certified to provide such procedures as skeletal imaging, glucose metabolic imaging, brain perfusion, blood pool imaging, and thyroid imaging, among many others.
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