Thomas S. Bellavia, MD, DABFP

Diplomat of the American Board of Family Practice

Dr. Bellavia is a product of the New York City school system and graduated from New York University's Washington Square College with a BA in Biology. He immediately entered the University of Rome Medical School and did his postgraduate training in medicine at the Hackensack University Medical Center. After serving in the United Stated Army Medical Corps in Texas and Virginia, reaching the rank of Major while being Chief of Professional Services at Kenner Army Hospital, he returned to the attending staff at Hackensack University Medical Center.

Dr. Bellavia has been an advisor to both the state of New Jersey and federal governments on health care issues and was recently invited to serve on the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services Task Force on Chronic Kidney disease. He is Board Certified in Family Medicine and Correctional Medicine, Senior Attending in the Department of Family Practice, Attending in the Department of Medicine, and Associate Professor at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.

Dr. Bellavia is a member of the Board of Trustees of the New Jersey Academy of Family Practice and its Foundation, the New Jersey Academy of Family Physicians, and the American Academy of Family Physicians. His is Vice President and Senior Medical Directgor of MDclick, providing HIPAA compliant health information technology and application integration services for physicians, hospitals, patients, and insurance providers.

Active in many additional organizations with philanthropic missions, Dr. Bellavia commenced his practice of Family Medicine in Wood-Ridge and subsequently created Heights Medical Associates in Hasbrouck Heights where he presently sees patients daily.