Dr. Robert S Festa M.D., LIC
Adolescent Specialist | Adolescent Medicine
270 Union Ave Holbrook NY, 11741About
Dr. Robert Festa is an adolescent specialist practicing in Holbrook, NY. Dr. Festa works with patients who are in the adolescent age, or generally between the ages of 11 and 19 years old. As an adolescent-specialist, Dr. Festa treats many common health issues that pre-teens and teenagers face, from mental, to behavioral, to physical conditions. Some of these issues may include growth and hormone problems, sports injuries, eating disorders, substance abuse and more. Adolescent specialists perform medical exams, histories and diagnostic tests, and develop individualized treatment plans for each patient.
Education and Training
Suny-Hlth Sci Ctr At Brooklyn, Coll of Med, Brooklyn Ny 1972
State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine
State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine 1972
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP- Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis of adolescent colorectal carcinoma.
- Juvenile chronic myelocytic leukemia: experience with intensive combination chemotherapy.
- Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate levels are not suppressible by glucocorticoids before adrenarche.
- The periodic acid-Schiff reaction and prognosis in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
- The periodic acid-Schiff reaction and prognosis in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
- A paediatric case of a TdT positive B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (B-ALL) without Burkitt characteristics.
- Current concepts in the management of thalassemia.
- Modern management of thalassemia.
- The use of an oxygen dissociation curve analyzer in transfusion therapy.
- The use of an oxygen dissociation curve analyzer in transfusion therapy.
- Oxygen dissociation curves in children with anemia and malignant disease.
- Oxygen dissociation curves in children with anemia and malignant disease.
Treatments
- Asthma
- Ear Infection
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (copd)
- Tonsillitis
- Rash
- Stomach Flu
- Strep Throat
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