Elie Youssef Chakhtoura M.D.
Nuclear Medicine Specialist | Nuclear Cardiology
375 Mount Pleasant Ave West Orange NJ, 07052About
Dr. Elie Chakhtoura practices Nuclear Medicine in West Orange, NJ. Dr. Chakhtoura 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.
Education and Training
Saint Joseph University of Beirut
St. Martinus University Faculty of Medicine 1991
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Data provided by the National Library of MedicineTreatments
- Heart Disease
- Stroke
- Venous Insufficiency
- Cerebrovascular Disease
- Coronary Artery Disease (cad)
- Pain
- Vascular Disease
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