Dr. Ronald Witteles, MD
Stanford, CA
19 Years of Experience
Affiliated with a Castle Connolly Top Hospital
Who is Dr. Witteles, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist in Stanford, CA?
Dr. Ronald Witteles, MD is an Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist, who primarily practices in Stanford, CA. He has been practicing for over 19 years and is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dr. Witteles graduated from University of Chicago Division of the Biological Sciences The Pritzker School of Medicine and completed his residency at Stanford Univ Hosp, Internal Medicine. Dr. Witteles is fluent in English, and is currently seeing new patients. Dr. Witteles’s practice accepts Kaiser Permanente, Medicaid, Medicare, UnitedHealthcare and other major insurance plans. To book an appointment or to confirm insurance options, please call Dr. Witteles’s office at (650) 723-4000.
Where did Dr. Witteles go to medical school and complete their residency?
Residency: Stanford Univ Hosp, Internal Medicine
Medical School: University of Chicago Division of the Biological Sciences The Pritzker School of Medicine
Is Dr. Witteles board certified in Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist?
Yes, Dr. Ronald Witteles, MD is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine
What languages does Dr. Witteles speak?
Dr. Witteles and their clinical team can communicate with patients in the following languages:
English
What conditions does Dr. Witteles treat?
As a Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist, Dr. Witteles diagnoses, treats, and manages a wide range of conditions. This condition information is derived from anonymized insurance claims and highlights the medical conditions most commonly treated by Dr. Witteles. It provides insight into the doctor’s areas of experience and expertise based on real-world patient encounters from the past two years, updated quarterly.
Also known as:
- Having an Implantable Cardiac Defibrillator (ICD)
- Having a Pacemaker
- Pacemakers and Implantable Defibrillators
- ICD implant
- Automatic defibrillator
- Implanted heart shock device
- Heart pacemaker
- Artificial pacemaker
- Implanted heart device
ICD-10 Codes:
- Z95810: Presence of automatic (implantable) cardiac defibrillator
- Z950: Presence of cardiac pacemaker
Also known as:
- Amyloidosis
- Light Chain Amyloidosis
- Amyloidosis & Kidney Disease
- Amyloid Disease
- Protein Deposit Disorder
- AL Amyloidosis
- Primary Amyloidosis
- Immunoglobulin Light Chain Amyloidosis
ICD-10 Codes:
- E859: Amyloidosis, unspecified
- E8581: Light chain (AL) amyloidosis
Also known as:
- Heart Failure
- Acute on Chronic Heart Failure
- Chronic Systolic Heart Failure
- Chronic Diastolic Heart Failure
- Congestive heart failure
- Cardiac insufficiency
- Weak heart
- Worsening chronic heart failure
- Acute decompensated heart failure
- Sudden worsening heart failure
- Long-term Systolic Heart Failure
- Chronic HFrEF
- Ongoing Pumping Heart Failure
- Long-term Diastolic Heart Failure
- Chronic HFpEF
- Ongoing Filling Heart Failure
- Congestive Heart Failure
- CHF
- Cardiac Insufficiency
ICD-10 Codes:
- I501: Left ventricular failure, unspecified
- I5043: Acute on chronic combined systolic (congestive) and diastolic (congestive) heart failure
- I5022: Chronic systolic (congestive) heart failure
- I5032: Chronic diastolic (congestive) heart failure
- I509: Heart failure, unspecified
Also known as:
- Sarcoid Myocarditis
- Sarcoidosis
- Cardiomyopathy
- Cardiac Sarcoidosis
- Sarcoidosis of the Heart Muscle
- Sarcoid
- Besnier-Boeck-Schaumann Disease
ICD-10 Codes:
- D8685: Sarcoid myocarditis
- D869: Sarcoidosis, unspecified
Also known as:
- Implantable Defibrillator Management
- Pacemakers and Implantable Defibrillators
- AICD Management
- Defibrillator Adjustment
- ICD Care
ICD-10 Codes:
- Z4502: Encounter for adjustment and management of automatic implantable cardiac defibrillator
Also known as:
- Atrial Fibrillation
- Heart Palpitations
- Arrhythmia
- Afib
- A-fib
- Irregular heart rhythm
- Skipped Heartbeat
- Fluttering Heart
- Pounding Heart
ICD-10 Codes:
- I4891: Unspecified atrial fibrillation
- R002: Palpitations
- I480: Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation
Also known as:
- Cardiomyopathy
- Ischemic Cardiomyopathy
- Heart Muscle Disease
- Enlarged Heart
- Heart Muscle Disease from Blocked Arteries
- Ischemic Heart Muscle Weakness
ICD-10 Codes:
- I429: Cardiomyopathy, unspecified
- I255: Ischemic cardiomyopathy
Also known as:
- Wild-Type Transthyretin Amyloidosis
- Transthyretin amyloidosis
- ATTR Amyloidosis (Wild-Type)
- Senile Systemic Amyloidosis
- ATTRwt Amyloidosis
ICD-10 Codes:
- E8582: Wild-type transthyretin-related (ATTR) amyloidosis
Also known as:
- Other Pacemaker Part Management
- Pacemakers and Implantable Defibrillators
- Pacemaker Lead Adjustment
- Pacemaker Component Care
- Cardiac Pacing Device Adjustment
ICD-10 Codes:
- Z45018: Encounter for adjustment and management of other part of cardiac pacemaker
Also known as:
- High Blood Pressure Heart and Kidney Disease with Heart Failure
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Heart Failure
- High Blood Pressure
- Hypertensive Cardiorenal Syndrome
- Heart and Kidney Failure from High Blood Pressure
ICD-10 Codes:
- I130: Hypertensive heart and chronic kidney disease with heart failure and stage 1 through stage 4 chronic kidney disease, or unspecified chronic kidney disease
Which procedures does Dr. Witteles perform as a Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist?
As a Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist, procedures performed by an Dr. Ronald Witteles may include:
- Absent Pulmonary Valve Repair
- Anomalous Coronary Artery Angiography
- Anticoagulation Management
- Aortic Stenosis Repair
- Aortic Valve Repair / Replacement
- Aortopulmonary Window Repair
- Arterial Doppler
- Balloon Septostomy
For detailed information, please contact Dr. Witteles' office.
Does Dr. Witteles accept my insurance?
Dr. Witteles accepts most major insurance plans. Important: Please call our office at (650) 723-4000 before your appointment to verify that your specific plan and network are accepted.
What insurance plans does Dr. Witteles accept in Stanford, CA?
Dr. Witteles in Stanford, CA accepts plans from many carriers. While this list is updated regularly, it is not a guarantee of coverage.
Top Insurances
All Other Third Party
Blue Shield of California
Central California Alliance for Health
CVS Health (formerly Aetna)
Express Scripts
Medicaid
Medicare
Santa Clara Family Health Plan
State of California
UnitedHealthcare
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Where is Dr. Witteles' office located?
Recognitions
Publications
Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator placement in patients with cardiac amyloidosis
HEART RHYTHM, 2014
Variation in Use of Left Ventriculography in the Veterans Affairs Health Care System
CIRCULATION-CARDIOVASCULAR QUALITY AND OUTCOMES, 2013
Underestimating Cardiac Toxicity in Cancer Trials: Lessons Learned?
JOURL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY, 2012
Use and overuse of left ventriculography
AMERICAN HEART JOURL, 2012
Heart transplantation and cardiac amyloidosis: Approach to screening and novel magement strategies
JOURL OF HEART AND LUNG TRANSPLANTATION, 2012
Chemotherapy-Associated Cardiotoxicity: How Often Does it Really Occur and How Can it Be Prevented?
HEART FAILURE CLINICS, 2011
Radiation Therapy for Breast Cancer Buyer Beware
JOURL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY, 2011
Left Ventricular Dysfunction in Patients Receiving Cardiotoxic Cancer Therapies Are Clinicians
JOURL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY, 2010
Heart Failure in Hispanics
JOURL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY, 2009
Clinical problem-solving. Fool's Gold.
New England jourl of medicine, 2008
Insulin-resistant cardiomyopathy
JOURL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY, 2008
Impact of nesiritide on rel function in patients with acute decompensated failure an pre
JOURL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY, 2007
Cardiomyopathy of insulin resistance.
Heart failure clinics, 2006
Insulin resistance in idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy - A possible etiologic link
JOURL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY, 2004
Radiation-induced heart disease: an under-recognized entity?
Current treatment options in cardiovascular medicine, 2014
Cancer therapy-induced left ventricular dysfunction: interventions and prognosis.
Jourl of cardiac failure, 2014
Lelidomide, melphalan and dexamethasone in a population of patients with immunoglobulin light chain
Haematologica, 2013
AG10 inhibits amyloidogenesis
PROCEEDINGS OF THE TIOL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AM, 2013
The prognostic value of diagnosing concurrent multiple myeloma
BRITISH JOURL OF HAEMATOLOGY, 2013
Cardiac Testing to Mage Cardiovascular Risk in Cancer Patients
SEMIRS IN ONCOLOGY, 2013
The Frequency and Severity of Cardiovascular Toxicity From Targeted Therapy in Advanced Rel Cell
JACC. Heart failure, 2013
Broken Heart Syndrome (Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy) Triggered by Acute Mania: A Review and Case Report
PSYCHOSOMATICS, 2013
Capecitabine-Induced Chest Pain Relieved by Diltiazem
AMERICAN JOURL OF CARDIOLOGY, 2012
Dipeptidyl Peptidase 4 Inhibition Increases Myocardial Glucose Uptake in Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy
JOURL OF CARDIAC FAILURE, 2012
More Than a Frog in the Throat A Case Series and Review of Localized Laryngeal Amyloidosis
ARCHIVES OF OTOLARYNGOLOGY-HEAD & NECK SURGERY, 2012
OVERUSE OF LEFT VENTRICULOGRAPHY
Witteles, R., Knowles, J. W., Perez, M., Morris, W. H., Spettell, C. M, 2011
Trastuzumab-Related Cardiac Dysfunction
JOURL OF THE TIOL COMPREHENSIVE CANCER NETWORK, 2011
Rel sympathetic denervation in patients with treatment-resistant hypertension
LANCET, 2010
Measurement Precision in the Optimization of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
CIRCULATION-HEART FAILURE, 2010
Rosiglitazone Increases Myocardial Glucose Metabolism in Insulin-Resistant Cardiomyopathy
JOURL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY, 2010
Nesiritide, Heart Failure
CARDIOVASCULAR DRUGS AND THERAPY, 2009
Cardiotoxicity associated with the cancer therapeutic agent sunitinib malate
ANLS OF ONCOLOGY, 2008
Trastuzumab cardiotoxicity: Clinical magement of asymptomatic declines in left ventricular function
The American Jourl of Hematology/Oncology, 2008
Reversible high-output cardiac failure, an unusual marker of disease status in multiple myeloma
Leukemia and Lymphoma, 2008
Reversibility of trastuzumab cardiotoxicity: Is the concept alive and well?
Jourl of Clinical Oncology, 2007
Premature ventricular contractions causing pacemaker-mediated tachycardia
HEART RHYTHM, 2005
B-type triuretic peptide is effective therapy before cardiac transplantation
Anls of Interl Medicine, 2004
Parathyroid carcinoma
Surgery of the thyroid and parathyroid glands, 2002
Neuroendocrine tumors of the pancreas
The Practice of General Surgery, 2002
Adult-onset nesidioblastosis causing hypoglycemia
Archives of Surgery, 2001
Episodic hypertension associated with sitting on hard surfaces
Jourl of General Interl Medicine, 2001
A new provocative test for the diagnosis of pheochromocytoma?
American Jourl of Anesthesiology, 2001
Sensitivity of diagnostic and localization tests for pheochromocytoma in clinical practice
Archives of Interl Medicine, 2000
Safe and cost-effective preoperative preparation of patients with pheochromocytoma
Anesthesia and Algesia, 2000
What is Dr. Witteles's NPI number?An National Provider Identifier (NPI) is a unique ID number that identifies doctors and healthcare providers nationwide.
Dr. Witteles's National Provider Identifier (NPI) number is 1285779389.
What common questions do patients ask about Dr. Witteles?
Here are answers to patients Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ’s) about Dr. Witteles
What is Dr. Ronald Witteles's specialty?
Dr. Witteles is a Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist near Stanford, CA. Specialists in Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology are involved in both inpatient and outpatient care for patients with advanced heart failure. Their expertise spans the entire continuum of care, from evaluating candidates for high-risk cardiac surgeries, cardiac transplantation, or mechanical circulatory support, to providing pre- and post-operative management for patients undergoing heart transplants and those with mechanical support devices. They also deliver end-of-life care for patients experiencing end-stage heart failure. Contact Dr. Witteles to book an appointment today.
Is this Dr. Ronald Witteles affiliated with a ranked Castle Connolly Top Hospital?
Yes, Dr. Witteles is affiliated with Stanford Health Care - Stanford Hospital which is a Castle Connolly Top Hospital. Castle Connolly Top Hospitals are healthcare institutions recognized for their excellence in specific medical procedures and overall patient care. They are identified through a rigorous peer nomination process, evaluating factors like patient outcomes, quality of care, and expertise. The list recognizes hospitals that excel in 20 or more specific medical procedures, representing the top 25% nationwide. Castle Connolly Top Hospitals
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Is Ronald Witteles accepting new patients in Stanford, CA?
Yes, Dr. Ronald Witteles is accepting new patients at this time.
Does Dr. Ronald Witteles offer online booking?
Please contact Dr. Witteles's office at (650) 723-4000 for information about online booking, telehealth, or to schedule an appointment.
How can I make an appointment with Ronald Witteles?
Please contact Dr. Witteles's office at (650) 723-4000 for information regarding telehealth appointment availability or for scheduling assistance.
Which board certifications does Dr. Ronald Witteles have?
Dr. Ronald Witteles is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine.
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