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Joel M. Phares MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Areas of Expertise

  • Cardiovascular Medicine
  • General Cardiology
  • Heart and Vascular

Conditions and Treatments

Locations

Services

Languages

  • English

Education

  • Doctor of Medicine - University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Newark, 1997
  • Residency, Internal Medicine - Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, 2000
  • Cardiology Fellowship - UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Hospital, 2003
  • Chief Fellow, Cardiovascular Medicine - UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Hospital, 2003

Board Certifications

  • Cardiovascular Disease - American Board of Internal Medicine, 2003

Patient Comments

Patient Comments are gathered from the Press Ganey Patient Experience Survey and displayed in full. Patients are not identified in order to respect patient privacy.
Dr was very concerned about how I felt
November 13, 2025
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Dr Phares is top notch
November 7, 2025
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Always thorough!
November 5, 2025
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I had read GREAT reviews about Dr. Phares. I was told by his nurse that did vitals that he loves his patients, which is an attribute I want in my doctor. I had never seem Dr. Phares before my appointment and I'm an extremely personable person. I didn't feel as if he had a genuine care about my issue. He rarely looked at me, mostly at the computer screen. When I asked him about POTS (my condition) he said it's because it's extremely hard to treat and no one knows how to treat it. At one point he asked me to lay back on the table and stay very still with my arms at my side. Then a lady came in to do a test. I knew I had to lay still, but the test lady asked me to stand up to take an arm off my sweater. I knew that would throw the test off. I think there's a lack of communication between the doctor and his older lady assistant that did the test. I wasn't able to lay still for the test. I would say, it wasn't the best experience.It could have been so much better had the doc actually interacted with me.
October 31, 2025
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Dr Phares is a great Dr we trust him
October 29, 2025
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All good
October 27, 2025
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Dr phares has never treated me poorly before ! This visit he was rude Did not take my worries or my voice into consideration! He was very judgmental and very unprofessional. I will not be returning to see him
October 24, 2025
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Spoke about my medical issues and probable causes, follow up appointment scheduled to see if there's been changes.
October 24, 2025
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Acted in a professional & caring matter
October 22, 2025
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