Ami Vaidya, MD

Ami Vaidya, MD

  • Pulmonary Medicine
  • Critical Care Medicine
  • Internal Medicine

You live once, live it to your fullest and make each breath count. I believe better breathing is better living, For me practicing medicine is more than seeing patients. It is about forming long-term relationships supported by compassion, excellence, and devotion.

Languages Spoken

  • Gujarati
  • Hindi
  • Urdu

Related Practices

Specialties, Procedures &
Conditions Treated

Primary Areas of Practice

  • Pulmonary Medicine
  • Critical Care Medicine
  • Internal Medicine

Other Areas of Practice

  • Adolescent Medicine
  • Adult Health
  • Hospice and Palliative Care
  • Occupational Medicine
  • Prevention and Wellness
  • Travel Medicine
  • Weight Management

Procedures

  • Airway Management
  • Arterial Puncture
  • Bronchoscopy
  • Bronchoscopy, Navigational
  • Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
  • Central Line Placement
  • Chest Tube Placement
  • Dialysis Catheter Insertion
  • Electrocardiography
  • Emergency Cardioversion
  • Endobronchial Biopsy
  • Endobronchial Ultrasound (EBUS)
  • Foreign Body Aspiration
  • Health Screening
  • Lumbar Puncture
  • Lung Cancer Screening
  • Oxygen Therapy
  • Paracentesis
  • Physical Exams
  • Pulmonary Function Testing
  • Small Bore Chest Tube Placement
  • Thoracentesis
  • Transbronchial Biopsy
  • Ventilator Management

Conditions Treated

  • Abdominal Pain
  • Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
  • Acute Respiratory Failure
  • Anaphylaxis
  • Anxiety
  • Asthma
  • Back Pain
  • Bronchitis
  • Chest Pain
  • Chronic Respiratory Failure
  • COPD
  • Cystic Fibrosis
  • Dementia
  • Depression
  • Diabetes
  • Dizziness
  • Emphysema
  • Fainting
  • Fever
  • Gout
  • Headaches
  • Heartburn
  • High Blood Pressure
  • High Cholesterol
  • Hypertension
  • Hypovolemic Shock
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Injuries
  • Insomnia
  • Interstitial Lung Disease
  • Lung Cancer
  • Memory Problems
  • Mesothelioma
  • Metabolic Bone Disease
  • Migraine
  • Neurogenic Shock
  • Obesity
  • Obstructive Shock
  • Oliguria
  • Osteoporosis
  • Palpitations
  • Pneumonia
  • Pneumothorax
  • Prostate Disorders
  • Pulmonary Embolism
  • Pulmonary Fibrosis
  • Pulmonary Hypertension
  • Pulmonary Infectious Diseases
  • Rashes
  • Respiratory Failure
  • Respiratory Infections
  • Septic Shock
  • Shock
  • Shortness of Breath
  • Sinusitis
  • Sleep Apnea
  • Thyroid Disease
  • Tuberculosis
  • Urinary Tract Infection

Locations &
Appointments

Locations

  • Englewood Health Physician Network - Cliffside Park

    695 Anderson Avenue Suite 2010 Cliffside Park, NJ 07010

    Main: 551-234-3040
    Fax: 551-234-3034

    Thursday
    1:00 PM
    -
    5:00 PM

Insurance

Insurances Accepted

Below is a list of the insurance plans that your provider participates in. It is very important that you contact your insurance company prior to receiving services or care. Each health insurance plan is different and some provide different levels of coverage: only your health insurance plan can provide complete information regarding your coverage and potential out-of-pocket costs.

APWU

  • APWU Health Plan

Cigna

  • Cigna HMO
  • Cigna PPO
  • Cigna Supplemental
  • Great-West Healthcare (GWH)
  • Health Partners

EmblemHealth

  • EmblemHealth EPO
  • EmblemHealth EPO2
  • EmblemHealth FEHB
  • EmblemHealth FEHBP
  • EmblemHealth GHI CBP
  • EmblemHealth GHI PPO
  • EmblemHealth National
  • EmblemHealth PPO1
  • EmblemHealth PPO2
  • EmblemHealth PPO3
  • EmblemHealth Tri-State
  • Vytra

MVP Health Care

  • MVP Health Care PPO

NALC

  • NALC Health Benefit Plan

QualCare

  • Choice Care
  • HIP HMO
  • HIP PPO
  • HIP PRIME HMO
  • HIP PRIME PPO
  • Oscar
  • QualCare EPO
  • QualCare FEHB
  • QualCare GHI PPO
  • QualCare HMO
  • QualCare Humana
  • QualCare PPO
  • QualCare Worker's Comp

UMR

  • UMR

UnitedHealthcare

  • AARP
  • Commercial and Marketplace
  • Compass Benefit (Exchange)
  • Medica
  • River Valley
  • UnitedHealthcare EPO
  • UnitedHealthcare HMO
  • UnitedHealthcare POS
  • UnitedHealthcare PPO
  • UnitedHealthcare StudentResources

About

About Ami Vaidya

Dr. Vaidya is board certified in internal medicine, pulmonary medicine, and critical care medicine. Her clinical interests include chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD), interstitial lung disease, lung cancer, and other pulmonary pathologies and procedures. Dr. Vaidya received her MD from Ross University School of Medicine, in Dominica, West Indies. She did an internal medicine residency, followed by a pulmonary and critical care medicine fellowship, at NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital. She is a member of the American College of Chest Physicians, the American Thoracic Society, and the Society of Critical Care Medicine. In addition to English, Dr. Vaidya is fluent in Gujarati and Hindi and conversational in Urdu.

Professional Memberships

  • American College of Chest Physicians
  • American Thoracic Society
  • Society of Critical Care medicine

Education &
Training

Education & Degrees

  • MD: Ross University School of Medicine

Residency

  • NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital

Fellowship

  • NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, Pulmonary Medicine and Critical Care Medicine

Board Certifications

  • Pulmonary Disease
  • Critical Care Medicine
  • Internal Medicine

Publications

Publications

  • Ami Vaidya MD, Hemal Mehta MD, Kumudha Ramasubhu MD, Jeremy Weingartein MD, MS, Ruth Minkin MD, et al. Impact of ventricular function in heart failure on outcomes in critically ill patients an acute respiratory failure, a retrospective analysis. Abstract submission for ground-breaking research presentation at ATS 2017; Washington D.C.
  • Ami Vaidya MD, Ruth Minkin MD, et al. Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) is safe and improves quality of life and functional status among patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH), a prospective study. Anticipated to be completed by March 2017.
  • Vaidya, Ami MD, Patel, Khusbhu MD, Keshava, Keerthana MD. ?Multicentric Castleman’s Disease?. Submitted for oral presentation at ?ATS conference 2017; ?Washington D.C.
  • Vaidya, Ami, MD. ?Patient with non-HPV Papilloma?. The Joint Cornell Pulmonary Case Conference, Oral Presentations. New York, New York. 08, May 2016
  • Vaidya, Ami MD, Tran, Lien-khuong MD, Sury, Kala MD. ?Cylical shortness of breath and chest pain due to catamenial pneumothorax?. Selected for presentation at New York Methodist hospital research day 2016; Brooklyn NY./li>
  • Vaidya, Ami MD, Saini, Parmeet MD, Taillon, Jordan MD, George, Lizziamma MD. ?Case of symptomatic Bochdalek hernia. ?Selected for oral poster presentation at ATS 2015; Denver, CO.
  • Vaidya, Ami MD, Bansal, Ruchi MD, Grosu, Horiana MD. ?Interesting case of nodular scarcoid?. Selected for an oral presentation at ATS 2014; San Diego CA.