John Burt Checton M.D.
Nuclear Medicine Specialist | Nuclear Imaging & Therapy
215 Brighton Ave Long Branch NJ, 07740About
Dr. John Checton practices Nuclear Medicine in Long Branch, NJ. Dr. Checton uses procedures and treatments that apply molecular imaging and molecular therapy. Nuclear Medicine Physicians are trained and certified to provide such procedures as skeletal imaging, glucose metabolic imaging, brain perfusion, blood pool imaging, and thyroid imaging, among many others.
Education and Training
Umdnj-New Jersey Med Sch- Newark Nj 1978
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Cardiovascular Disease
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