About Smithtown Women's Health

Smithtown Women's Health in collaboration with Stony Brook Medicine is a community-based obstetrics and gynecology practice addressing health care in Smithtown and the surrounding communities.  Our physicians have been caring for patients in Smithtown for over 30 years.  Patients always see a doctor at every visit, as they personally provide all of the care.  As a multilingual practice, we speak English, Spanish and Greek.


Our Providers

 

Theodore Blaszczyk, MD, FACOGTheodore Blaszczyk, MD, FACOG 

Dr. Blaszczyk is board certified in Obstetrics & Gynecology by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology and is a fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. He received his medical education at Northwestern University Medical School and completed his residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Duke University Hospital.  Dr. Blaszczyk is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the Stony Brook University Hospital and is a member of the Medical Society of the State of New York, Suffolk County Medical Society, Bayard Carter Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the Suffolk County Obstetrics and Gynecology Society.

Dr. Blaszczyk has been serving the Setauket and Stony Brook Communities for more than 30 years.

 


Polly Kanganis, MD, FACOGPolly Kanganis, MD, FACOG

Dr. Kanganis is board certified in Obstetrics & Gynecology by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology and is a fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.  She attended and graduated medical school from the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University, and completed her residency at The Sloane Hospital for Women at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center.  Dr. Kanganis is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the Stony Brook University Hospital and a member of the Hellenic Medical Society of the State of New York and of the Suffolk County OB/GYN Society.

After working for 5 years as a general OB/GYN in Bronxville, NY, she started her own solo OB/GYN practice in Bronxville where she worked for over 20 years, also serving as the Director of the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology at the New York-Presbyterian/Lawrence Hospital.  She recently relocated to Long Island for work and family, and she is fluent in Greek and Spanish and has a working knowledge of French.

 


Lisa Appelt, FNP-BCLisa Appelt, FNP-BC

Lisa Appelt is a New York State licensed and board certified Family Nurse Practitioner specializing in Obstetrics and Gynecology. Her professional certification is through the American Nurses Credentialing Center. She received her Nurse Practitioner education through Long Island University and has a second degree in psychology through the State University of New York at New Paltz. Lisa Appelt has been caring for women throughout New York and New Jersey for the past 10 years. She gives special attention to patients encountering their first gynecology exam, those with reoccurring vaginitis, and those suffering from pain with intimacy. She is now thrilled to be joining Stony Brook Medical.

 

Last Updated
05/01/2023