Dr. Scott M Alter M.D.
Emergency Physician
2815 S SEACREST BLVD BOYNTON BEACH FL, 33435About
Dr. Scott Alter practices Emergency Medicine in Charlotte, NC. Dr. Alter assesses patients who seek immediate medical attention at any time of day or night. Emergency Medicine Physicians are trained to efficiently work with each patient and situation no matter how acute or life-threatening. Dr. Alter examines patients, determines means of testing, diagnoses conditions, and decides the best treatment methods.
Education and Training
Rutgers 2010
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Diagnosis of Aortic Dissection in Emergency Department Patients is Rare.
- Evaluating clinical care in the prehospital setting: Is Rapid Emergency Medicine Score the missing metric of EMS?
- Ultrasound for Diagnosis of Appendicitis in a Community Hospital Emergency Department has a High Rate of Nondiagnostic Studies.
- Radiology report "disclaimers" increase the use of abdominal CT in the work-up of pediatric abdominal pain.
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