The Nuclear Medicine Department of Huntington Hospital provides diagnostic and therapeutic services
for Outpatients as well as Inpatients. A full range of planar and SPECT (tomographic) services is
provided, including:

	Bone Scan - Planar and SPECT
	Cerebral Perfusion SPECT (Brain) Scan
	Thyroid Uptake and Scan
	Exercise & Persisting Nuclear Cardiac Stress Tests
	Hepatobiliary (Hida) Scan
	Gated Blood Pool (MUGA) Cardiac Scan
	Ventilation and Perfusion Lung Scan
	Parathyroid Scan
	Gallium Scan
	Renal Scan with/without Captopril
	Treatment of Thyrotoxicosis with Radioactive Iodine-131
	Strontium-89 for palliation of bone pain
	Schilling Test
	Multiple other procedures (contact Department for specific availability)

Contact / Hours:
Cecelia Hecht, Chief Technologist
(631) 351-2276

William Ruppel, MD, Director of Nuclear Medicine
(631) 351-2277

Monday through Friday, 8:00 am - 4:00 pm

More Information
Physician referral and a scheduled appointment are
required.