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Durante o seu tempo na Faculdade de Medicina Osteop\u00e1tica da Universidade de Nova Inglaterra, o Dr. Costa foi membro da Psi Sigma Alpha, da Sociedade Nacional de Honra Escolar Osteop\u00e1tica, da Sigma Sigma Phi e da Fraternidade Nacional Honor\u00e1ria Osteop\u00e1tica.  O Dr. Costa aprofundou os seus conhecimentos m\u00e9dicos, primeiro completando a sua Resid\u00eancia em Medicina Interna e depois tornando-se Chefe de Resid\u00eancia no North Shore University Hospital em Manhasset, NY.  Em seguida, tornou-se Chefe de Equipa e completou a sua Bolsa de Cardiologia no North Shore University Hospital - Long Island Jewish Medical Center.<\/p>\n<p>Os interesses cl\u00ednicos do Dr. Costa s\u00e3o em cardiologia preventiva, hipertens\u00e3o, hiperlipidemia, doen\u00e7a card\u00edaca valvular, ecocardiografia e cardiologia nuclear.  A sua filosofia pessoal de cuidados centra-se na forma\u00e7\u00e3o de uma rela\u00e7\u00e3o com os seus pacientes que vai para al\u00e9m da gest\u00e3o m\u00e9dica e trata diretamente todos os aspectos do paciente e n\u00e3o apenas os sistemas de \u00f3rg\u00e3os ou sintomas isolados. Al\u00e9m disso, o Dr. Costa esfor\u00e7a-se por identificar os riscos de doen\u00e7as e proporcionar uma redu\u00e7\u00e3o \u00f3ptima dos riscos, conduzindo \u00e0 preven\u00e7\u00e3o de doen\u00e7as cr\u00f3nicas.<\/p>\n<p>O Dr. Costa dedica-se a construir rela\u00e7\u00f5es pessoais a longo prazo, a tratar os pacientes como uma pessoa completa e a pensar de forma diversificada quando se trata de diagnosticar e gerir doen\u00e7as cardiovasculares.<\/p>\n<p>Quando n\u00e3o est\u00e1 a trabalhar, o Dr. Costa gosta de passar tempo com a sua fam\u00edlia, o seu c\u00e3o e os seus amigos, bem como de jogar golfe, andar de barco, pescar, ouvir boa m\u00fasica e tocar guitarra el\u00e9ctrica.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"featured_media":287726,"template":"","specialty":[6],"language":[],"keywords":[36,8,9,35,28,10,11,12,13,38,14,15,34,16,17,18,19,20,21,33,27,22,24,23,31,39,26,29,25,37,32,30],"address":[355],"class_list":["post-277206","doctors","type-doctors","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","specialties-cardiology","keywords-acs","keywords-acute-coronary-syndrome","keywords-acute-myocardial-infarction","keywords-angina","keywords-aortic-stenosis","keywords-arrhythmia","keywords-atrial-fibrillation","keywords-blood-pressure","keywords-cardiac","keywords-cardiac-tamponade","keywords-cardiovascular-disease","keywords-chest-pain","keywords-chf","keywords-chronic-heart-failure","keywords-congenital-heart-disease","keywords-congestive-heart-failure","keywords-coronary-artery-disease","keywords-ejection-fraction","keywords-electrocardiogram","keywords-exercise-test","keywords-heart-attack","keywords-heart-failure","keywords-heart-rate","keywords-heart-surgery","keywords-high-cholesterol","keywords-hyperlipidemia","keywords-hypertension","keywords-mitral-regurgitation","keywords-myocardial-infarct","keywords-pericardial-effusion","keywords-stress-test","keywords-valvular-heart-disease","addresses-47_264"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Matthew Costa DO - Southcoast Health<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/doctors\/matthew-costa-do\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"pt_PT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Matthew Costa DO - Southcoast Health\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dr. Matthew J. 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