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Deborah Seymour APRN began her medical career in London, England, where she graduated from the Royal Free School of Nursing in 1993. She is a board-certified acute adult gerontology specialist with over 30 years' experience in caring for the older adult. She attended Sacred Heart University where she obtained her Bachelor's degree, and practiced in critical care at UCONN Medical Center, St Francis Hospital in the cardiac ICU and the Emergency Room. Deborah did her graduate studies at the University of Connecticut. Following graduation, she practiced in the Cardiac ICU at Yale New Haven Hospital. She was a clinical faculty member at Yale University School of Nursing. Deborah has practiced at many of Connecticut’s hospitals, including UCONN Medical Center, St Francis Hospital, Yale New Haven Hospital, Backus Hospital, St Mary’s Hospital, Middlesex Hospital and Hospital of Central Connecticut. She now practices in internal medicine and specializes in chronic disease management.

Dr. Vivian Huynh is an Adult-Geriatric Nurse Practitioner practicing primary care and internal medicine in Connecticut since 2014. She treats multiple chronic and acute conditions. Her primary goal is to help patients maintain good health by early screening and treatment.

At Internal Medicine of Greater New Haven, the team of expert internal medicine doctors strives to help young adults, adults, and seniors of Cheshire, Guilford, Hamden, Milford, North Haven, Meriden, Wallingford, West Haven, and Stratford, Connecticut, and the surrounding area experience and maintain optimal health. The practice emphasizes disease screening, to enable early detection of problems before they create serious health emergencies. The doctors also provide care for acute conditions, ongoing chronic medical illnesses, and general physical examinations.

Our practice is affiliated with Yale-New Haven Hospital, so we can refer and coordinate care with world-renowned medical specialists when necessary. The practice has ultrasound and laboratory services available on-site, as well as spirometry to screen for asthma and Holter monitors to measure your heart’s activity. At Internal Medicine of Greater New Haven, you experience high-quality medical care unparalleled in the region. In 2014, the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) recognized the providers for delivering high-quality care to our patients with diabetes and heart disease. NCQA is known in the health care industry for having developed health care quality and cost-benchmarking systems.

Morris Papernik, MD, FACP, is an experienced physician serving patients at Internal Medicine of Greater New Haven in the West Haven and Stratford, Connecticut, office.

A native New Yorker, Dr. Papernik graduated from Rush Medical College in Chicago, Illinois. He completed his residency in internal medicine at Rush and is a fellow of the American College of Physicians. 

He has distinguished himself as a national thought leader in chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, migraine headaches, diabetes, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia. Dr. Papernik has served on the Medical Presidential Advisory Committee to President Bush and Obama within the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, DC. 

Upon moving to Connecticut to be closer to family in 2008, he brought his expertise to Connecticut and now to Internal Medicine of Greater New Haven. Dr. Papernik has received numerous teaching awards and the Primary Care Leadership Award from the Connecticut Center for Primary Care. He has given multiple TV, radio, and newspaper interviews nationally. 

Dr. Papernik enjoys teaching medical and nurse practitioner students from Yale, UConn, and 

Netter School of Medicine. He also likes spending his free time with family and enjoys photography.

At Internal Medicine of Greater New Haven, the team of expert internal medicine doctors strives to help young adults, adults, and seniors of Cheshire, Guilford, Hamden, Milford, North Haven, Meriden, Wallingford, West Haven, and Stratford, Connecticut, and the surrounding area experience and maintain optimal health. The practice emphasizes disease screening, to enable early detection of problems before they create serious health emergencies. The doctors also provide care for acute conditions, ongoing chronic medical illnesses, and general physical examinations.

Our practice is affiliated with Yale-New Haven Hospital, so we can refer and coordinate care with world-renowned medical specialists when necessary. The practice has ultrasound and laboratory services available on-site, as well as spirometry to screen for asthma and Holter monitors to measure your heart’s activity. At Internal Medicine of Greater New Haven, you experience high-quality medical care unparalleled in the region. In 2014, the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) recognized the providers for delivering high-quality care to our patients with diabetes and heart disease. NCQA is known in the health care industry for having developed health care quality and cost-benchmarking systems.

Education:

Boston University BA Biology Magna Cum Laude 1997

Boston University School of Medicine, MD with high honors in Medicine and Surgery clerkships 2001

Residency in Internal Medicine at Brown School of Medicine

Dr. Ramzan is Board Certifed in Internal Medicine with close to 20 yrs of experience in Primary Care, Hospital and Critical care, Urgent Care and Addiction medicine. 

He takes special personal and professional interest in helping those afflicted with the disease of addiction.  He holds a license to prescribe suboxone. 

A concerned internist, Dr. Edward Prior serves the communities of Hamden and West Haven, CT, where he is a part of the Internal Medicine of Greater New Haven. Patients visit him for a myriad of medical concerns. Dr. Prior completed his medical at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, followed by an internship and residency in internal medicine at Kings County Hospital Center. He further completed fellowships in hematology and oncology at Saint Lukes-Roosevelt Hospital Center and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. He is also certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine with a focus on medical oncology. Dr. Prior is committed to helping his patients enjoy a healthier lifestyle. He works with each one to discuss ways they can make better choices for their health. He conducts his appointments with the personalized care and attention that he would expect for his own family....read less

Practice names

Internal Medicine of Greater New Haven

Board certifications

• American Board of Internal Medicine

Medical Oncology (Internal Medicine)

Education and training Medical School - Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, Doctor of Medicine

Languages spoken English

Dr. Blander earned his MD at the University of Buffalo Medical Center in 1981, and completed his Internal Medicine residency at Stony Brook University in 1984. He was a research fellow for 2 years at Rockefeller University, and then completed his clinical fellowship in Infectious Diseases at UCLA, followed by 4 years of research and publications at UCLA. He was a faculty member at the University of Pittsburgh medical Center until 1997. Since 1997, he has practiced Internal Medicine in CT. Dr. Blander is board certified in Internal Medicine, and Infectious Diseases.

Margaret I. Chustecki, MD, MBA, is a skilled internist at Internal Medicine of Greater New Haven in Hamden, West Haven, and Milford, Connecticut. She is also an assistant clinical professor at Yale School of Medicine. 

Born in Warsaw, Poland, and educated at Warsaw Medical School, Dr. Chustecki completed her internship and residency at Newton Wellesley Hospital and New England Medical Center in Massachusetts. Before joining Yale University as a clinical instructor, Dr. Chustecki started Internal Medicine of Greater New Haven in 2003. 

Since then, the practice has flourished, boasting some of the best internists and providers in the United States. Dr. Chustecki maintains patients at the practice while teaching at Yale School of Medicine. She supervises up-and-coming medical professionals while educating them on the benefits of efficient health care. 

Dr. Chustecki remains active in research, and has contributed to over 55 medical publications. She co-founded Chase Medical Research of Greater New Haven in 2015, and serves as the chief clinical trial investigator.

At Internal Medicine of Greater New Haven, the team of expert internal medicine doctors strives to help young adults, adults, and seniors of Cheshire, Guilford, Hamden, Milford, North Haven, Meriden, Wallingford, West Haven, and Stratford, Connecticut, and the surrounding area experience and maintain optimal health. The practice emphasizes disease screening, to enable early detection of problems before they create serious health emergencies. The doctors also provide care for acute conditions, ongoing chronic medical illnesses, and general physical examinations.

Our practice is affiliated with Yale-New Haven Hospital, so we can refer and coordinate care with world-renowned medical specialists when necessary. The practice has ultrasound and laboratory services available on-site, as well as spirometry to screen for asthma and Holter monitors to measure your heart’s activity. At Internal Medicine of Greater New Haven, you experience high-quality medical care unparalleled in the region. In 2014, the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) recognized the providers for delivering high-quality care to our patients with diabetes and heart disease. NCQA is known in the health care industry for having developed health care quality and cost-benchmarking systems.

At Internal Medicine of Greater New Haven, the team of expert internal medicine doctors strives to help young adults, adults, and seniors of Cheshire, Guilford, Hamden, Milford, North Haven, Meriden, Wallingford, West Haven, and Stratford, Connecticut, and the surrounding area experience and maintain optimal health. The practice emphasizes disease screening, to enable early detection of problems before they create serious health emergencies. The doctors also provide care for acute conditions, ongoing chronic medical illnesses, and general physical examinations.

Our practice is affiliated with Yale-New Haven Hospital, so we can refer and coordinate care with world-renowned medical specialists when necessary. The practice has ultrasound and laboratory services available on-site, as well as spirometry to screen for asthma and Holter monitors to measure your heart’s activity. At Internal Medicine of Greater New Haven, you experience high-quality medical care unparalleled in the region. In 2014, the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) recognized the providers for delivering high-quality care to our patients with diabetes and heart disease. NCQA is known in the health care industry for having developed health care quality and cost-benchmarking systems.