Dr. Shira Jolene Gertz M.D.
Pediatrician | Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
30 Prospect Ave Suite 900 Hackensack NJ, 07601About
Dr. Shira Gertz is a pediatrician practicing in Hackensack, NJ. Dr. Gertz is a doctor who specializes in the health care of children. As a pedicatrician, Dr. Gertz diagnoses and treats infections, injuries, diseases and other disorders in children. Pediatricians typically work with infants, children, teenagers and young adults up to age 21. They practice medical care as well as preventative health care. Dr. Gertz can oversee and manage the physical, mental and emotional health of their patients.
Education and Training
St. George's University School of Medicine 2001
Baylor College of Medicine 2006
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Intrauterine growth retardation leads to the development of type 2 diabetes in the rat.
- Gestational diabetes leads to the development of diabetes in adulthood in the rat.
- Refractory hypotension from massive bupropion overdose successfully treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
- Postoperative spinal fusion care in pediatric patients: Co-management decreases length of stay.
- Coinfection of blacklegged ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) in Dutchess County, New York, with the agents of Lyme disease and human granulocytic ehrlichiosis.
Treatments
- Sleep Apnea
- Heart Disease
- Scoliosis
- Birth Defects
- Bronchitis
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea (osa)
- Lumecca
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