Lewis M. Attas, MD

Lewis M. Attas, MD

  • Hematology
  • Hospice and Palliative Care
  • Oncology

I have one goal as a thoracic cancer specialist: to help my patients receive the most up-to-date treatments and keep to goals that elevate the quality of their lives. I strive to see patients as individuals and develop strong care partnerships.

Languages Spoken

  • Spanish

Specialties, Procedures &
Conditions Treated

Primary Areas of Practice

  • Hematology
  • Hospice and Palliative Care
  • Oncology

Other Areas of Practice

  • Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia
  • Acute Myeloid Leukemia
  • Amyloidosis
  • Anemia
  • Bladder Cancer
  • Bleeding Disorders
  • Bloodless Medicine
  • Bone Marrow Failure
  • Brain Cancer
  • Breast Cancer
  • Cancer Prevention
  • Cervical Cancer
  • Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
  • Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
  • Clotting Disorders
  • Colorectal Cancer
  • Esophageal Cancer
  • Essential Thrombocythemia
  • Factor Deficiency
  • Gallbladder Cancer
  • Hemoglobinopathy
  • Internal Medicine
  • Kidney Cancer
  • Leukemia
  • Leukopenia
  • Liver Cancer
  • Lymphoma, Hodgkin
  • Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin
  • Macroglobulinemia
  • Myelodysplastic Syndrome
  • Myelofibrosis
  • Myeloma
  • Neutropenia
  • Ovarian Cancer
  • Palliative Care
  • Pancreatic Cancer
  • Polycythemia
  • Polycythemia Vera
  • Prostate Cancer
  • Sarcoma
  • Sickle Cell Disease
  • Stomach Cancer
  • Testicular Cancer
  • Thalassemia
  • Thrombocytopenia
  • Thyroid Cancer
  • Uterine Cancer
  • Vaginal Cancer
  • Vulvar Cancer
  • Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia
  • White Blood Cell Disorders

Procedures

  • Cancer Pain Management
  • Chemotherapy
  • Immunotherapy
  • Infusion Therapy

Conditions Treated

  • Lung Cancer
  • Mediastinal Lymphoma
  • Mesothelioma
  • Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
  • Small Cell Lung Cancer
  • Thymoma

Locations &
Appointments

Locations

  • Hematology Oncology Physicians of Englewood, PA

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    350 Engle Street 5th Floor, Berrie Center Englewood, NJ 07631

    Main: 201-568-5250
    Fax: 201-568-5358

    Monday
    8:30 AM
    -
    5:00 PM
    Tuesday
    8:30 AM
    -
    5:00 PM
    Wednesday
    8:30 AM
    -
    5:00 PM
    Thursday
    9:30 AM
    -
    5:00 PM
    Friday
    8:30 AM
    -
    5:00 PM

Insurance

Insurances Accepted

Please contact your insurance company directly prior to receiving services or care to confirm your coverage. Although we have made every effort to ensure this list is accurate, only your health insurance plan can provide complete information regarding your coverage and potential out-of-pocket costs.

1199 (SEIU)

  • 1199 (SEIU)

Aetna

  • Aetna Assure Premier Plus
  • Aetna CCN
  • Aetna CoreSource
  • Aetna Coventry
  • Aetna FIDE-SNP
  • Aetna HMO
  • Aetna Medicare Managed Care
  • Aetna POS
  • Aetna PPO
  • Aetna Whole Health HMO
  • Aetna Whole Health PPO
  • Medsolutions
  • Meritan Health

Amerigroup

  • Amerigroup Medicaid
  • Amerivantage

AmeriHealth

  • AmeriHealth Administrator
  • AmeriHealth HMO
  • AmeriHealth PPO
  • Value Network (Exchange Plan)

APWU

  • APWU Health Plan

Cigna

  • Cigna HMO
  • Cigna Medicare Advantage
  • Cigna Open Access Plus
  • Cigna PPO
  • Cigna Supplemental
  • Great-West Healthcare (GWH)
  • Health Partners

Clover Health

  • Clover Medicare Advantage

Consumer Health Network (CHN)

  • CHN PPO

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

Empire BCBS

  • Blue Priority
  • Direct HMO
  • Direct PPO
  • Empire BCBS EPO
  • Empire BCBS GEPO
  • Empire BCBS HealthPlus Gatekeeper (prefix VFG)
  • Empire BCBS HealthPlus Gatekeeper (prefix VJD)
  • Empire BCBS HMO
  • Empire BCBS Indemnity
  • Empire BCBS Medicare Advantage
  • Empire BCBS Medicare Advantage Plus
  • Empire BCBS POS
  • Empire BCBS PPO

Empire Plan (NYSHIP)

  • Empire Plan (NYSHIP)

First Health

  • First Health

Galaxy Health Network PPO

  • Galaxy Health Network PPO

GEHA

  • GEHA Health Plan

Horizon BCBS

  • Federal Employee Program
  • Horizon BCBS Braven Health
  • Horizon BCBS EPO
  • Horizon BCBS HMO
  • Horizon BCBS Medicare Managed Care
  • Horizon BCBS PPO
  • NJ Carpenters Fund
  • OMNIA Tier 1
  • Traditional

Horizon NJ Health

  • Horizon NJ Health Medicaid
  • Horizon NJ TotalCare (D-SNP)

MagnaCare

  • Local 825
  • MagnaCare PPO

Mail Handlers

  • Mail Handlers Benefit Plan (MHBP)

Medicaid

  • Medicaid NJ

Medicare

  • Medicare NJ

MultiPlan/PHCS

  • Beech Street
  • MultiPlan Humana
  • MultiPlan Worker's Comp
  • PHCS
  • Pomco

MVP Health Care

  • MVP Health Care PPO

NALC

  • NALC Health Benefit Plan

Nippon Life Insurance Co of America

  • Nippon Life Benefits

Oxford

  • Freedom
  • Garden State Network
  • Liberty
  • Metro
  • Oxford Medicare

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

Railroad Medicare

  • Railroad Medicare NJ

Transparent Health Network

  • Transparent Health Network

TRICARE North Region

  • CHAMPVA
  • DVA

UMR

  • UMR

United Healthcare Community and State

  • Dual Complete
  • UnitedHealthcare Community and State Medicaid (NJ FamilyCare)
  • UnitedHealthcare Community and State Medicare

UnitedHealthcare

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

Wellcare

  • Wellcare Ambetter
  • Wellcare Medicaid Managed Care
  • Wellcare Medicare Managed Care

About

About Lewis Attas

Dr. Attas is board certified in internal medicine, hematology, and oncology, as well as in hospice and palliative medicine. He has been a practicing hematologist oncologist for 30 years. Through Englewood Hospital, he has taught at both Touro Medical College and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. His duties at the Cancer Center include overseeing the medical thoracic oncology and lung multidisciplinary teams. Dr. Attas was the medical director of Englewood Hospital's hospice program for 15 years.

Dr. Attas attended the University of Pennsylvania, where he completed his honors thesis on immunology in 1978. He received his MD from Mount Sinai in 1982 and did his residency in internal medicine at Montefiore Medical Center, followed by fellowship training in hematology oncology at North Shore University Hospital/Cornell. In 1988, Dr. Attas joined the practice of Forte and Schleider, now the Hematology Oncology Physicians of Englewood (HOPE) practice of the Englewood Health Physician Network.

Active in research, Dr. Attas is currently vice chair of Englewood Hospital's IRB, a body consisting of doctors, nurses, and local citizens that approves clinical trials.

A dedicated educator, Dr. Attas loves to teach young minds and usually has a medical student in tow.

Honors & Awards

2020, 2019 Bergen Magazine Top Doctors

2019, 2018: (201) Magazine Bergen's Top Doctors

Committees and Leadership Positions

Vice Chair, Englewood Hospital Institutional Review Board

Education &
Training

Education & Degrees

MD: Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Residency

Montefiore Medical Center

Fellowship

North Shore University Hospital/Cornell, Hematology/Oncology

Board Certifications

  • Hematology (American Board of Internal Medicine)
  • Hospice and Palliative Medicine (American Board of Internal Medicine)
  • Internal Medicine (American Board of Internal Medicine)
  • Medical Oncology (American Board of Internal Medicine)