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Susan E. Collins, MD
Hospital Medicine
Highlights
Age Groups Seen
- Adult 18-65
- Older Adult >65
Languages
- English
Gender
FemaleHospital Affiliations
- Northwell Health - Vassar Brothers Medical Center
About Susan E. Collins
Professional Statement
Susan Eckert Collins, MD, is an internist and nephrologist and is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dedicated to excellence in patient care and medical education, she is a compassionate and knowledgeable hospitalist and the program director of the internal medicine residency program. She enjoys living in Dutchess County and is proud to have practiced medicine here since 2010.
Get To Know Me
Why should someone choose you to care for their health?
I care for the overall wellbeing of my patients.
What is the most important thing your patients should expect from their professional relationship with you? What do you expect from them?
Trust and honesty are the key elements to a strong patient/physician relationship.
How do you spend your personal time when you're not caring for patients?
I enjoy spending my free time with friends and family.
Why did you choose your specialty and what is its greatest reward?
I chose internal medicine and nephrology because it allows me to care for the overall patient and the entirety of their medical conditions.
I care for the overall wellbeing of my patients.
What is the most important thing your patients should expect from their professional relationship with you? What do you expect from them?
Trust and honesty are the key elements to a strong patient/physician relationship.
How do you spend your personal time when you're not caring for patients?
I enjoy spending my free time with friends and family.
Why did you choose your specialty and what is its greatest reward?
I chose internal medicine and nephrology because it allows me to care for the overall patient and the entirety of their medical conditions.
Expertise
Education
- Fellowship: Icahn School of Medicine At Mount Sinai, 2010
- Residency: Rhode Island Hospital, 2007
- Medical School: Albany Medical College, 2003
Board Certifications
- Internal Medicine: American Board of Internal Medicine
Locations
- Northwell Vassar Brothers Medical Center
- 45 Reade Place, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
- Get Directions
- phone: 845-454-8500
- Northwell Health Primary Care at Poughkeepsie
- 1 Pine Street Spur, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
- Get Directions
- phone: 845-483-0447
- fax: 845-483-0716
Insurance
Search plans
- Aetna
- Capital District Physicians' Health Plan
- Centivo
- Cigna
- Coventry-Aetna
- EmblemHealth
- Empire BlueCross Blue Shield
- Empire Plan
- Fidelis Care
- Health Plus
- MagnaCare
- Medicaid New York
- Medicare
- Medicare Railroad
- Multiplan Inc
- MVP Health Care
- Northwell Direct
- Oxford Health Plans
- Tricare Humana Military
- United Healthcare
- Wellcare