Svetlana V. Kovtunova, MD, a Board Certified Family Medicine Physician with St. Peter’s Hospital
Get to know Family Medicine Physician Dr. Svetlana V. Kovtunova, who serves patients in Albany, New York.
Dr. Kovtunova is a caring board-certified family medicine physician who is licensed to practice medicine in New York, Florida, and New Hampshire. She is affiliated with St. Peter’s Hospital in Albany, New York, which is a part of St. Peter’s Health Partners.
With 12,000 employees in more than 170 locations, St. Peter’s Health Partners is the Capital Region’s most comprehensive not-for-profit integrated health care network, which provides high-quality, compassionate, and sophisticated care to thousands of people every day. “We, St. Peter’s Health Partners and Trinity Health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities.” according to the mission of the health care network.
Back in 1990, Dr. Kovtunova earned her medical degree from Vinnitsa National Pirogov Memorial Medical University in Vinnytsia, Ukraine. Upon relocating to the United States, she went on to complete her residency in family medicine at the University at Buffalo in New York.
Following her training, she became board-certified in family medicine by the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM). The ABFM is a non-profit, independent medical association of American physicians who practice in family medicine and its sub-specialties.
Family medicine is a medical specialty devoted to comprehensive health care for people of all ages. The specialist is called a family physician or family doctor. A family physician is often the first person a patient sees when seeking healthcare services. They examine and treat patients with a wide range of conditions and refer those with serious ailments to a specialist or appropriate facility.
In addition to English, Dr. Kovtunova speaks Russian, Ukrainian, and Polish.
Learn More about Dr. Svetlana V. Kovtunova:
Through her findatopdoc profile, https://www.findatopdoc.com/doctor/275426-Svetlana-Kovtunova-Family-Practitioner or through St. Peter’s Health Partners, https://www.sphp.com/provider/svetlana-v-kovtunova-md-family-medicine
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