Top Critical Care Practitioners in South Orange, NJ

Pankaja Achar, MD
St. James Hospital
707 S Orange Ave
South Orange, NJ 07079
  • Emergency Medicine
  • Internal Medicine
  • Critical Care Medicine
  • Pulmonary Disease
  • 30 years experience
  • Board certified
  • Completed fellowship
  • 3 star hospital
What are Critical Care Doctors?

Also sometimes referred to as intensivists, critical care specialists are physicians with specialized training in the diagnosis and management of life-threatening conditions, such as those that affect vital organs like the heart and lungs, those that make breathing difficult or impossible, and those that affect entire organ systems, like the renal system.

Critical care specialists are typically found in a hospital's intensive care unit where they monitor patients with life-threatening conditions and make determinations as to the best course of treatment.

The area of South Orange, NJ has a population of approximately 16,316 people. There is 1 critical care practitioner near South Orange, which gives it a ratio of 1 critical care practitioner per 16,316 residents or a ratio of 1 critical care practitioner per 5,548 households. There are 5,548 households in South Orange.