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Dr. Anthony Malanga, MD

Critical Care Surgeon

Dr. Anthony Malanga is a critical care surgeon practicing in Schenectady, NY. Dr. Malanga specializes in the needs of critically ill surgical patients. Critical care surgeons are experts in treating physiologic responses to tissue injury from trauma, burns, infections, acute inflammation, operation and more. They are also trained to know how such injuries interact with other diseases that a patient may have. As a critical care surgeon, Dr. Malanga has a broad knowledge base and full understanding of the biology of the critically ill patient and the patients organ system functions.
47 years Experience
Dr. Anthony Malanga, MD
  • Schenectady, NY
  • New York University School of Medicine
  • Accepting new patients

Should I visit the emergency room for coughing blood?

Yes!While there are some benign treatable causes of HEMOPTYSIS (coughing up blood) it may be a sign of lung cancer. You will need chest xray and if there are any abnormalities READ MORE
Yes!While there are some benign treatable causes of HEMOPTYSIS (coughing up blood) it may be a sign of lung cancer. You will need chest xray and if there are any abnormalities you will get a CT chest. The ER doc may Rx antibiotics, tell you to not take aspirin/NSAIDS and refer you to a pulmonologist