Dr. Ernst Garcon
Diagnostic Radiology
New York, NY
32 years experience male
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Columbia Doctors
New York, NY
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After graduating from Notre Dame College in Cap-Haitian, I completed my medical school at the State University of Haiti, School of Medicine in Port-au-Prince, then a three-year residency in General Radiology at the General Hospital in Prot-au-Prince, a one year internship in Internal Medicine at New york Medical College/Metropolitan Hospital, a four-year radiology residency training at SUNY Dowstate/ Long Island College Hospital in Brooklyn, NY and finaly a two-years fellowship training in Neuroradiology at Columbia University Medical Center/New York Presbyterian hospital. I have Board Certifications in Radiology and Neuroradiology. I am curently Assistant Professor of Radiology at CUMC/NYP hospital.
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Diagnostic Radiology
Neuroradiology
Languages spoken
Haitian Creole
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A 47-year-old member asked:
Dr. Ernst Garconanswered
Diagnostic Radiology 32 years experience
Good question: Radiology is a static image acquired using x-ray. Fluoroscopy is a dynamic (in motion) image acquisition using x-ray.
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A 30-year-old female asked:
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Diagnostic Radiology 32 years experience
No: Arteritis would not show up on mri. The MRI help exclude other causes of acute blindness. Arteritis is best evaluated on mra, a specialized form of MR... Read More
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A 43-year-old female asked:
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Diagnostic Radiology 32 years experience
Probably safety: Probably to find out if it's safe to inject IV contrat.
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A 52-year-old female asked:
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Diagnostic Radiology 32 years experience
Yes: Some chronic infections can also causes enlarged lymph nodes. Please note that the mass is outside of the esophagus. It can also be a node. It's a goo... Read More
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A 48-year-old member asked:
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Diagnostic Radiology 32 years experience
No change: With good imaging techniques, the risk is not different then the general populations.
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A 54-year-old male asked:
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Diagnostic Radiology 32 years experience
Shrink brain: That part of the brain is shrinking. It could be related to excessive alcohol consumption, ischemia or old stroke.
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A 66-year-old male asked:
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Diagnostic Radiology 32 years experience
Could be: It depend on the bone and what's wrong with it. I see in your profile you mentionned "broken clavicle". If you have a simple fracture, it may be treat... Read More
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A 25-year-old male asked:
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Diagnostic Radiology 32 years experience
Probably OK: If the pain is not getting worse, it's probably ok. The fracture line may still be present after 4 weeks. The most important xray finding is callus ... Read More
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A 32-year-old female asked:
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Diagnostic Radiology 32 years experience
Yes and No: Your doc weight the risks and benefits of the x-ray. Yes, radiations carry some cumulative risks of cancer, however there a bigger risk of complicati... Read More
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A 21-year-old female asked:
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Diagnostic Radiology 32 years experience
Both: It depends on the reason why the surgery was done. You can have a traumatic bleed that need to evacuated or decompressed to prevent brain herniation. ... Read More
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A 29-year-old male asked:
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Diagnostic Radiology 32 years experience
See a Neurologist: You should consult with a neurologist. There may be several raisons for the numbness. In the er, they probably exclude the possibility of an acute str... Read More
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A 32-year-old female asked:
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Diagnostic Radiology 32 years experience
No: I presume you are referring to thickening of the endometrium. That has nothing to do with "12 days after intercourse". It is related to hormonal chang... Read More
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A 54-year-old male asked:
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Diagnostic Radiology 32 years experience
Wrong: Both ct and MRI can identify bone diseses.
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A 40-year-old female asked:
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Diagnostic Radiology 32 years experience
Most likely: If you have the disease, the joint effusion is most likely related to ra. It means synovitis. However, other causes of joint effusion such as trauma, ... Read More
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A 24-year-old female asked:
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Diagnostic Radiology 32 years experience
Complicated cyst: This is usually the consequences of an infection or a hemorrhage in the ovary or surrounding tissue. You should discuss with your gynecologist which ... Read More
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Mar 31, 2015
Dr. Garcon is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Mar 31, 2015
Dr. Garcon is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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This saved my life. Thank You! I think that we had underevaluated the risks, thks 4 opening our eyes
Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
State University of Haiti School of Medicine, Haiti
Graduated 1991MD
Residency
COMMUNITY GENERAL HOSPITAL
Completed 2003
Residency
General Hospital
Completed 1995
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