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About Dr. Robert J. Hughes

Name: Robert J. Hughes, M.D., A.B.O., F.A.C.S.

Address:
North Country ENT, PC
2 Mountain Ledge Drive
Gansevoort, NY 12831

Credentials:
http://caqh.com/

Telephone:
(518) 587-6610 Fax: (518) 226-0890

Education:
Queensbury High School, 1974
Creighton University, 1978
Creighton University Medical School, 1982

Internship:
St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital Center, 1982-1983

Residency:
General Surgery, St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital Center, 1983-1985
Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, 1985-1988

Specialty Board:
Board Certified, American Board of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, 1988
Fellow-American Board of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Inc.
Fellow American College of Surgeons
Associate-American Academy of Otolaryngic Allergy

Practice:
Private Practice, Saratoga and Queensbury, NY 1988-present

Hospital Affiliations:
Staff Physician, Department of Surgery, Division of Otolaryngology, 3/2006 to present.
Active Staff Physician 1992-1999
Affiliated Staff Physician 1999-3/2006
Saratoga Hospital, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866

Active Staff Physician, Department of Otolaryngology, 1988-2006
Glens Falls Hospital, Glens Falls, NY 12801

HMO Affiliations:
Present IPA Board Member, Mohawk Valley Medical Association, Past Local Medical Director,
Kaiser Permanente

Medical Society:
Treasurer of MSSNY, 2005-present
MSSNY Council 4th District, 2000-2006
President of 4th District, 1995-2000
Vice-Chair State Legislative & Physician Advocacy Committee Chairman-MSSNY Task Force
for Collective Bargaining
MSSNY Committee on Health Care Delivery Systems and Medicaid
MSSNY Delegate to the HOD since 1990
Vice Chairman of MSSNY Legislative and Physician Advocacy Committee
AMA Delegate to the House, 2007-2009

Memberships:
American Medical Association
Medical Society of the State of New York
Warren County Medical Society
New York State Society of Otolaryngologists

Community Board Memberships:
St. Mary’s St. Alphonsus School since 2005
Committee for Physician Health since 2005

Speaking Roles:

For MSSNY:
1. Smoking Cessation in Clinical Settings
2. Immunizing Health and Hospital Professionals