Dr. James Andrew Higgins D.O.
Family Practitioner
11 Carleton Ave East Islip NY, 11730Rating
5/5
About
Dr. James Higgins is a family practitioner practicing in East Islip, NY. Dr. Higgins 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. Higgins 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.
Education and Training
Ny Coll Of Osteo Med Of Ny Inst Of Tech- Old Westbury Ny 1989
New York College of Osteopathic Medicine / New York Institute of Technology 1989
New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine 1989
Board Certification
Family MedicineAmerican Board of Family MedicineABFM
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Transcriptional analysis of Rickettsia prowazekii invasion gene homolog (invA) during host cell infection.
- A field investigation of Bacillus anthracis contamination of U.S. Department of Agriculture and other Washington, D.C., buildings during the anthrax attack of October 2001.
- A handheld real time thermal cycler for bacterial pathogen detection.
- Estimation of viable Escherichia coli O157 in surface waters using enrichment in conjunction with immunological detection.
- tir- and stx-positive Escherichia coli in stream waters in a metropolitan area.
- Impact of microbial diversity on rapid detection of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli in surface waters.
- Identification of culturable stream water bacteria from urban, agricultural, and forested watersheds using 16S rRNA gene sequencing.
- Ribosomal RNA-based analysis of the bacterial flora from the conjunctivae of cattle with bovine keratoconjunctivitis (BKC).
- Isolated from Tuberculinpositive Rhesus Macaques () in the Absence of Disease.
Treatments
- Sinusitis
- Sleep Apnea
- Herniated Disc
- Indigestion
- Pain
- Degenerative Disc Disease (ddd)
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea (osa)
- Vascular Disease
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Practice At 11 Carleton Ave
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