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Dr. Joe Willie Chamberlin, M.D.

Family Practitioner

Dr. Joe Chamberlin is a family practitioner practicing in Bronx, NY. Dr. Chamberlin specializes in comprehensive health care for people of all ages. In addition to diagnosing and treating illnesses, family practitioners also put focus on preventative care with routine checkups, tests and personalized coaching on how to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Dr. Chamberlin possesses immense general knowledge on maintaining health and today, family practitioners provide more care for the underserved and rural populations than any other medical specialty.
36 years Experience
Dr. Joe W. Chamberlin, M.D.
  • Bronx, NY
  • University of Medicine And Dentistry of New Jersey / Robert Wood Johns
  • Accepting new patients

How can you tell the difference between heartburn and a heart attack?

Good question. Without having more history and objective data (for instance, is he hypertensive or Diabetic or have a history of hyperlipidemia, smoker, obesity, etc.?), I would READ MORE
Good question. Without having more history and objective data (for instance, is he hypertensive or Diabetic or have a history of hyperlipidemia, smoker, obesity, etc.?), I would strongly advise your grandfather to go to his PMD right away and get a full work-up. Yes, it could be heartburn or it could be angina, CAD, etc. Why chance it? Go and get the appropriate work up. The PMD will be able to refer to Cardiology or GI. In the interim, if symptoms recur, wouldn’t be a bad idea to go immediately to ER.