Matthew Blaszka, MD
- Gastroenterology
Languages Spoken
- Korean
- Spanish
Related Practices
Specialties, Procedures &
Conditions Treated
Primary Areas of Practice
- Gastroenterology
Other Areas of Practice
- Adult Health
Procedures
- Anoscopy
- Cancer Screening
- Capsule Endoscopy
- Colon Cancer Prevention/Screening
- Colonoscopy
- Endoscopy
- Fecal Microbiota Transplant
- Feeding Tube (Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy; PEG) Placement
- Flexible Sigmoidoscopy
- Health Screening
- Hemorrhoid Ligation
Conditions Treated
- Abdominal Pain
- Acid Reflux
- Anal Fissure
- Barrett's Esophagus
- Celiac Disease
- Cirrhosis
- Colitis
- Colon Cancer
- Colon Polyps
- Colorectal Cancer
- Constipation
- Crohn's Disease
- Diarrhea
- Diverticulitis
- Esophageal Cancer
- Esophageal Disorders
- Fatty Liver Disease
- Gall Stones
- Gastrointestinal Bleeding
- GERD (Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease)
- Heartburn
- Hemorrhoids
- Hepatitis
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
- Liver Disease
- Pancreatitis
- Peptic Ulcer Disease
- Rectal Bleeding
- Rectal Pain
- Stomach Cancer
- Swallowing Disorders
- Ulcerative Colitis
Locations &
Appointments
Locations
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The Park Medical Group
A1555 Center Avenue Fort Lee, NJ 07024
Main: 201-510-0200Fax: 201-482-8198
Monday9:00 AM-12:00 PM -
The Park Medical Group
B1 North Washington Ave 2nd Floor Bergenfield, NJ 07621
Main: 201-374-9201Fax: 201-608-2453
Friday8:00 AM-4:00 PM -
The Park Medical Group
C220 Livingston Street Suite 202 Northvale, NJ 07647
Main: 201-768-9090Fax: 201-768-9009
Wednesday2:00 PM-5:00 PM -
The Park Medical Group
D24 Elm Street Harrington Park, NJ 07640
Main: 201-784-0123Fax: 201-784-0065
Monday9:00 AM-12:00 PM
Dr. Blaszka sees patients in Harrington Park twice a month on Monday mornings. -
The Park Medical Group
E274 County Road Tenafly, NJ 07670
Main: 201-568-0493Fax: 201-568-0483
Thursday2:00 PM-5:00 PM
Appointments
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.
1199 (SEIU)
- 1199 (SEIU)
Aetna
- Aetna Assure Premier Plus
- Aetna FIDE-SNP
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Medicare Managed Care
- Aetna POS
- Aetna 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 PPO
- Cigna Supplemental
- Great-West Healthcare (GWH)
- Health Partners
Clover Health
- Clover Medicare Advantage
Consumer Health Network (CHN)
- CHN PPO
CoreSource
- CoreSource
Coventry
- CCN
Devon Health Plan
- Devon Health Plan
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 POS
- Empire BCBS PPO
Empire Plan (NYSHIP)
- Empire Plan (NYSHIP)
First Health
- First Health
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
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 Medicaid Managed Care
- Wellcare Medicare Managed Care
About
About Matthew Blaszka
Dr. Blaszka is board certified in internal medicine and gastroenterology. He specializes in viral hepatitis, ischemic bowel disease, and irritable bowel syndrome. He received his MD from UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School. He did his residency at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, and practiced for a year as a hospitalist at Montefiore before completing a gastroenterology fellowship at SUNY Downstate Medical Center. Dr. Blaszka is a member of The Park Medical Group. He has published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology and presented his research at numerous scientific meetings.
Honors & Awards
2019 Bergen Magazine Top Doctors
2019: NJ Top Docs
Education &
Training
Education & Degrees
MD: UMDNJ, New Jersey Medical School
Residency
Montefiore Medical Center
Fellowship
SUNY Downstate College of Medicine, Gastroenterology
Board Certifications
- Internal Medicine (American Board of Internal Medicine)
Publications
Publications
Anatomic patterns, patient characteristics, and clinical outcomes in ischemic colitis: A study of 313 cases supported by histopathology. Brandt, L.J., Feuerstadt, P., Blaszka, M., American Journal of Gastroenterology, 2010. 105:2245-2252.
Patterns of involvement in 350 cases of biopsy-proven ischemic colitis. Blaszka, M., Brandt, L.J., In: Supplement to the America Journal of Gastroenterology, S180, 2008.
Segmental Colon Ischemia (SCI): All segments are not equal in terms of outcome. Feuerstadt, P., Blaszka, M., Brandt, L.J., In: Supplement to the America Journal of Gastroenterology, S172, 2009.
Acute esophageal necrosis: A common presentation for a rare endoscopic finding. Blaszka, M., Beyda, D.J., Feldstein, R., In: Supplement to the America Journal of Gastroenterology, S247, 2012.
Cervical metastasis of primary gastric diffuse large B cell lymphoma: A case report. Beyda, D.J., Blaszka, M., Grosman, I., In: Supplement to the American Journal of Gastroenterology, S276, 2012.
Metastatic esophageal gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) in a patient with dysphagia: A case report. Beyda, D.J., Blaszka, M., Feldstein, R., Khan, G., In: Supplement to the American Journal of Gastroenterology, S238, 2012.
A rare case of malakoplakia presenting as a polypoid lesion. Gandhi, S., Blaszka, M., Feldstein, R., In: Supplement to the American Journal of Gastroenterology, S485, 2012.