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HAL SKOPICKI MD, PHD

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(631) 444-9600

Specialty:
Subspecialty:
Internal Medicine
Cardiology, Heart Failure

Board Certification:
Internal Medicine -- Cardiovascular Disease
Nuclear Cardiology
Internal Medicine

Administrative/ Clinical Title:
Director, Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathy Program
Co-director, Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) Program

HAL SKOPICKI MD, PHD

For Appointments:

(631) 444-9600

Medical Conditions & Treatments

ADVANCED CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
ADVANCED VALVULAR DISEASE
CARDIAC DISEASES
CARDIAC HEMOCHROMATOSIS
CARDIAC SARCOIDOSIS
CARDIOMYOPATHY
CARDIOMYOPATHY, IDIOPATHIC
CARDIOMYOPATHY, ISCHEMIC
CARDIOMYOPATHY, PERIPARTUM
CARDIOMYOPATHY, VIRAL
CARDIOVASCULAR DYSFUNCTION
CELL THERAPY
CLINICAL TRIALS
DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION
EVALUATION FOR CARDIAC TRANSPLANTATION
GENE THERAPY
HEART FAILURE (CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE)
HYPERTENSIVE HEART DISEASE
LEFT VENTRICULAR SUPPORT DEVICES
LVADS
MITRAL VALVE DISEASE
MYOCARDITIS
RESEARCH TRIALS (CLINICAL TRIALS)
VALVULAR HEART DISEASE

Insurance Plans

AETNA
AFFINITY HEALTH PLAN
APA PARTNERS
BEECH STREET
CIGNA HMO
CIGNA PPO
EMPIRE BLUE CROSS HMO
EMPIRE BLUE CROSS OTHER PLANS
EMPIRE BLUE CROSS PPO
EMPIRE BLUE CROSS SENIOR PLAN
FIDELIS CARE NEW YORK
GHI CBP
GHI HMO
HEALTH NET
HEALTHFIRST
HEALTHNET FEDERAL SERVICES (TRICARE)
HIP
MAGNACARE
MEDICAID
MEDICARE
MULTIPLAN
NO FAULT
OXFORD FREEDOM PLAN
SUFFOLK HEALTH PLAN
UNITED EMPIRE PLAN
UNITED HEALTHCARE
VYTRA (except SMART START)
WORKMANS COMP

Education & Training

Medical Degree:
University of Health Sciences/The Chicago Medical School

Residency:
Internal Medicine, Yale-New Haven Hospital, CT

Fellowship:
Cardiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, MA

Academic & Other

Academic Rank:
Assistant Professor

Teaching Activity:
Internal Medicine

Year Appointed at
Stony Brook:
2006

American College of Cardiology Fellow,2004
Rossof Award in Pediatric Cardiology, Long Island Jewish Hospital,2003
American College of Cardiology, Co-chair
"Novel Gene Therapies for Congestive heart Failure", 1999
Young Investigator Award Finalist in Molecular & Cellular Biology, American College of Cardiology,1997
Genentech/American College of Cardiology Travel Award,1995
Board of Trustees Scholarship Award for meritorious academic achievement in clinical sciences,1990

Research
Diagnosis of rare forms of cardiomyopathy

Treatment of advanced heart failure

Cardiomyocyte development and cell cycle regulation

Cell transplantation

Clinical Practice Began:
1997

Gender:
Male

Locations

INTERNAL MEDICINE
3001 EXPRESSWAY DRIVE NORTH,
SUITE 200 B,
ISLANDIA, NY 11749-5301.

Ph.: 631-444-9600
Fax: 631-444-9621
DCI

INTERNAL MEDICINE
26 RESEARCH WAY,
EAST SETAUKET, NY 11733-3453.

Ph.: 631-444-0580
Fax: 631-444-0562

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Selected Publications

1. Skopicki HA, Abraham SA, Weisman N, Mukerjee A, Alpert N, Fischman A, Picard M, Gewirtz H. Factors influencing regional myocardial contractile response to inotropic stimulation: analysis in humans with stable ischemic heart disease. Circulation. 94:643-50, 1996.
2. Gewirtz H, Skopicki HA, Abraham SA, Castano H, Dinsmore RE, Alpert NM, FischmanAJ. Quantitive PET measurements of regional myocardial blood flow: observations in humans with ischemic heart disease. Cardiology. 88:62-70, 1997.
3. Skopicki HA, Lyons G, Schatteman G, Smith RC, Schirm S, Isner JMI, Walsh K. Embryonic expression of a growth-arrest homeobox gene in cardiac, smooth and skeletal muscle lineages. Circ Res. 80:452-62, 1997.
4. Skopicki HA, Abraham SA, Picard M, Alpert N, Fischman A, H Gewirtz H. Effects of dobutamine at maximally tolerated dose on myocardial blood flow in humans with ischemic heart disease. Circulation. 96:3346-52, 1997.
5. Holmvang G, Fry S, Skopicki HA, Abraham SA, Alpert NM, Fischman AJ, Picard MH, Gewirtz H. Relationship between coronary "steal" and contractile function at rest in collateral dependent myocardium of humans with ischemic heart disease." Circulation. 99:2510-6, 1999.
6. Sridhar P, Liu Y, Chin LD, Borja CE, Mann M, Skopicki HA, Freter RR. Platelet derived growth factor-stimulated expression of the MCP-1 immediate-early gene involves an inhibitory multi-protein complex. Mol Cell Biol. 19:4219-30, 1999.
7. Fard A, Wang CY, Takuma S, Skopicki HA, Pinsky DJ, DiTullio MR, Homma S. Necropsy validation of changes in LV mass in ascending aortic banded mice from 2-dimensional echocardiographic images. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 13(6):582-7, 2000.
8. Tawakol A, Skopicki HA, Abraham SA, Alpert NM, Fischman AJ, Picard MH, Gewirtz H. Evidence of reduced resting blood flow in viable myocardial segments with chronic asynergy. J Am Coll Cardiol. 36:2146-53, 2000.
9. Chia KK, Picard MH, Skopicki HA, Hung J. Viability of hypokinetic segments: influence of tethering from adjacent segments: influence of tethering from adjacent segments. Echocardiography. 2002;19(6):475-81.
10. Sackner-Bernstein JD, Skopicki HA. Racing away from bias. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2004;43:785-6.
10. Hwang YC, Kaneko M, Bakr S, Liao H, Lu Y, Lewis ER, Yan S, Ii S, Itakura M, Rui L, Skopicki H, Homma S, Schmidt AM, Szabolcs M, Ramasamy R. Central role for aldose reductase pathway in myocardial ischemic injury. FASEB J. 2004;18:1192-9.
11. Sackner-Bernstein JD, Skopicki HA, Aaronson KD. Risk of worsening renal function with nesiritide in patients with acutely decompensated heart failure. Circulation. 2005;111:1487-91.
12. Lin X, Sakuragi T, Metz CN, Ojamaa K, Skopicki HA, Wang P, Al-Abed Y, Miller EJ. Macrophage migration inhibitory factor within the alveolar spaces induces changes in the heart during late experimental sepsis. Shock. 2005;24:556-63.

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HAL SKOPICKI MD, PHD

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HAL SKOPICKI MD, PHD

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