Prime Care Physicians

A Division of Prime Care Physicians, PLLC

 Clinical Research Program
2 Palisades Drive
Executive Woods
Albany, NY 12205

Lynne.Westlake@primecarepc.com

Phone (518) 458-2000 Ext.2758
Fax (518) 459-7249

Principal Investigators: 

Eric S. Roccario, MD, FACC 
Director of Clinical Research

Lynne Westlake-Hicks, BS 
Clinical Research Coordinator

Deborah L. Petridis, MS, RN, ACNP-C

Dynelle D. Smith, RPA-C

      Clinical Research Support Staff

Alice Lopez
Clinical Research Support Staff

Medical Staff:

16 - Cardiologists

  7 - Primary Care Physicians

  3 - Registered Dieticians

  1 - Certified Diabetic Intructor

  3 - Nurse Practitioners

  9 - Physicians Assistants

Hospital Affiliations:

St. Peter's Hospital

Albany Memorial Hospital

Albany Medical Center Hospital

Samaritan Hospital

Seton Health Systems

Satellite Offices:

Troy

Kingston

Glens Falls

Equipment & Procedures:

    Nuclear Imaging:

• Posicam (cardiac and pulmonary)
• SPECT Camera: Cardiolite Exercise Stress Tests, Pharmacological EST
• MUGA Scans:  Stress & Resting
  
• Ultrasound (2D, 3D and Color Doppler Flow) and Stress Echo (Treadmill tests)

    Clinical Laboratory:

• Lipids
• Hematology
• Full chemistry
• Coagulation
• Immunology
• C-Reactive Protein (CRP)
• Various cardiac testing
• -20 freezer
• CLIA certified

     Pacemaker Clinic:

• Pacemaker and ICD patients

     Chest x-rays, Holter Monitoring, Coumadin Clinic, Heart Failure Clinic, Lipid Management, Event/Loop Monitoring, Cardiopulmonary Stress Testing, Non-Invasive Cardiac Output Testing

Research Experience:

     Therapeutic Areas of Research include:

     Angina, Acute MI, Arrhythmias (atrial, ventricular & arrhythmia device), Coronary Artery Disease, Congestive Heart Failure, Hypertension, Hyperlipidemia, Coronary & Peripheral Angiography, Coronary Intervention and Intravascular Ultrasounds (IVUS)

Number of Studies Performed:  60