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NYU Langone Provider

William R. Slater, MD

NYU Langone Provider
  • Specialty: Cardiology
  • Treats: Adults
  • Language: English
  • Phone: 212-263-7463
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I practice and teach general cardiology, with particular expertise in cardiac arrhythmia management. I specialize in providing second opinions to patients with heart rhythm problems as well as those with coronary artery disease and heart valve disease.

I chose a career in medicine because of my mother’s breast cancer diagnosis during my adolescence. I realized how every word conveyed by a doctor can affect an entire family, and I saw medicine as a way to heal physically and emotionally. This has proven very rewarding for me. 

I am trained in cardiac electrophysiology, but I no longer perform procedures, preferring to help advise and educate patients regarding their arrhythmia care and referring to our world-class team for interventional and surgical procedures. Our team at NYU Langone, not only provides superb medical advice but also helps empower patients to understand their options in a reassuring, optimistic way.

In our practice, we recognize that compassionate care is at the core of healing, so we always try to integrate physical and emotional wellbeing. Toward this goal, I partner with our nurse, Barbara Guerra, who has been the most integral part of our practice for more than 25 years.

My time is also spent helping to educate young physicians. This is an enormously rewarding part of my life. I served as chief of the medical service when NYU Langone was known as NYU Hospitals Center and I currently lead the cardiac consultation service at Bellevue Hospital; these are our main teaching venues. I have been honored with the Teacher of the Year Award from NYU Langone’s Department of Medicine three times, as well as the Teacher of the Year Award from the Leon H. Charney Division of Cardiology three times.

I have received the Alpha Omega Alpha Award in recognition of excellence in scholarship, leadership, and service as a clinical faculty member. I was proud to receive the Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism in Medicine Award, elected by the 2005 graduating class of NYU School of Medicine as the faculty member who most displayed medical humanism, compassion, and respect in the practice of medicine.

In 2007, I received the NYU Distinguished Teaching Award, which is the highest teaching honor NYU bestows. This university-wide honor recognizes gifted teachers across all undergraduate and professional schools in the university. The NYU School of Medicine class of 2013 elected me to receive the Distinguished Teaching Award in the Basic Sciences, and I continue to try to integrate advances in basic science into our clinical practice.

I am honored that my peers have recognized me as well. I have been included in Castle Connolly’s “America's Top Doctors” annually since 2002, in New York Magazine’s “Best Doctors in New York” for the past nine years, and annually in The New York Times’ “Super Docs” feature. U.S. News & World Report has recognized me as one of “America’s Best Doctors” for the past five years.

I have authored numerous articles about clinical cardiology and book chapters on managing cardiovascular disease, and I serve as a reviewer for the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. My wife, Ronnie, is also a physician and medical educator, and I have two daughters, Emily and Alissa, and a granddaughter, Scarlett.


Conditions and Treatments

Conditions
  • abnormal heart rhythms
  • acute coronary syndrome
  • angina
  • aortic valve disease
  • aortic valve insufficiency
  • aortic valve stenosis
  • aortoiliac occlusive disease
  • arteriosclerosis
  • atherosclerosis
  • atrial fibrillation & atrial flutter
  • bradycardia
  • cardiac disease in pregnancy
  • carotid artery disease
  • carotid stenosis
  • cerebrovascular disorder
  • chest pain
  • chronic venous insufficiency
  • claudication
  • congestive heart failure
  • coronary artery disease
  • dilated cardiomyopathy
  • endothelial dysfunction
  • fainting
  • heart attack
  • heart disease
  • heart murmur
  • heart muscle disease
  • heart throbbing
  • heart tumor
  • high cholesterol level
  • hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
  • inflammation of the heart valve
  • inflammation of the membrane surrounding the heart
  • ischemic cardiomyopathy
  • lipid disorders
  • lipid metabolism
  • metabolic syndrome
  • mitral valve prolapse
  • mitral valve regurgitation
  • mitral valve stenosis
  • myocardial disease
  • myocarditis
  • obesity
  • occlusive vascular disease
  • peripheral vascular disease
  • rapid heartbeat
  • renal artery stenosis
  • renal vascular disorder
  • rheumatic heart disease
  • sarcoidosis
  • ventricular arrhythmias
  • ventricular fibrillation
  • ventricular tachycardia
Treatments
  • electrophysiology
  • heart imaging
  • nuclear medicine imaging procedure

Positions
Board Certifications
  • American Board of Internal Medicine (Cardiovascular Disease), 1985
  • American Board of Internal Medicine - Internal Medicine, 1980
Education and Training
  • Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital, Cardiology, 1986
  • Fellowship, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Cardiology, 1985
  • Fellowship, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Cardiology, 1984
  • Residency, New York Hospital Medical Center of Queens, Internal Medicine, 1982
  • Residency, NYU Medical Center, Medicine, 1981
  • MD from Harvard Medical School, 1978

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    • Health And Recovery Plan (Harp)
    • Healthfirst Bronze Leaf Exchange
    • Healthfirst Bronze Total, Pro, Plus EPO
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    • Healthfirst Medicare
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    • Healthfirst Platinum Total, Pro, Plus EPO
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    • Humana Medicare Advantage
  • Magnacare
     
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    • Magnacare PPO
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    • Medicare Part A and B
    • Medicare Part B
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    • AXA Assistance USA
    • Administrative Concepts
    • Beech Street PPO
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    • Fiserv Health
    • GEHA
    • Global Excel
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    • Guardian Life Insurance Co Of America
    • Health Net Of California
    • Health Republic Of NJ
    • Humana Health Plan
    • Insurance Design Administrators
    • Kaiser Foundation
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    • Multiplan PPO
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    • Professional Benefit Admin
    • Qualcare Inc
    • Screen Actors Guild
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  • NYSHIP - The Empire Plan
     
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  • VA Community Care Network
     
    • VA CCN Optum
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NYU Langone Cardiology Associates

530 1st Avenue, Skirball 9U, New York, NY 10016

Interests

cardiac electrophysiology

Research Summary

William Slater, M.D.'s major clinical research interests are coronary artery disease, arrhythmia and evaluating novel antiarrhythmic agents. He is board certified in cardiac electrophysiology.

Dr. Slater's prior experience includes evaluation of a novel anti-oxidant in preventing cardiomyopathy. His current clinical trials include evaluation of a novel therapeutic in conversion of atrial fibrillation and a study of a therapeutic in treating diabetic cardiomyopathy.

 

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