The 20 Best Dementia Doctors Near Me in Mount Vernon, NY

Richard B. Lipton, M.D., is the Edwin S. Lowe Professor and Vice Chair of Neurology, Professor of Epidemiology and Population Health and Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Lipton earned his medical degree at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. After a medical internship at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, he completed his neurology residency and clinical neurophysiology fellowship at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He also completed a fellowship in neuroepidemiology at Columbia University. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and a fellow of the American Academy of Neurology. Dr. Lipton is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Dementia. He is also highly rated in 14 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Migraine, Headache, Dementia, and Alzheimer's Disease.

Mahmood Kazmi is a Neurologist practicing medicine in Bronx, New York. Dr. Kazmi is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Dementia. He is also highly rated in 18 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Major Depression, Dementia, Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), and Schizophrenia.

Richard Mayeux is a Neurologist practicing medicine in New York, New York. Dr. Mayeux is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Dementia. He is also highly rated in 9 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Alzheimer's Disease, Dementia, Developmental Dysphasia Familial, and Memory Loss.

Edward Huey is a Psychiatrist practicing medicine in New York, New York. Dr. Huey is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Dementia. He is also highly rated in 2 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Dementia, Alzheimer's Disease, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Bipolar Disorder (BPD), and Deep Brain Stimulation.

Lawrence Honig is a Neurologist practicing medicine in New York, New York. Dr. Honig is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Dementia. He is also highly rated in 13 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Alzheimer's Disease, Dementia, Lewy Body Dementia (LBD), and Encephalitis. Dr. Honig is currently accepting new patients.

Davangere Devanand is a Psychiatrist practicing medicine in New York, New York. Dr. Devanand is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Dementia. He is also highly rated in 2 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Dementia, Alzheimer's Disease, Vascular Dementia, and Major Depression.

Nikolaos Scarmeas is a Neurologist practicing medicine in New York, New York. Dr. Scarmeas is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Dementia. He is also highly rated in 7 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Dementia, Alzheimer's Disease, Developmental Dysphasia Familial, and Movement Disorders.

Jessica Zwerling, MD, MS, is Director, Montefiore Hudson Valley Center of Excellence for Alzheimer’s Disease; Program Director, UCNS Geriatric Neurology Fellowship; Director, Memory Disorders Center; and Associate Director, Center for the Aging Brain at Montefiore. She is also Associate Professor of Neurology, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Clinical Director of the Einstein Aging Study at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Her clinical focus is on identifying risk factors for cognitive decline and dementia, as well as factors that promote successful aging. Dr. Zwerling is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Dementia. She is also highly rated in 1 other condition, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Dementia, Alzheimer's Disease, Memory Loss, and Cerebellar Degeneration.

Natalya Knafel is a Psychiatrist practicing medicine in Bronx, New York. Dr. Knafel is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Dementia. Her clinical expertise encompasses Schizophrenia, Dementia, Major Depression, and Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD).

Dr. Lebelt obtained her medical degree in Medical Academy in Bialystok, Poland. In the US, she finished her Internal Medicine residency at Our Lady of Mercy Medical Center through New York Medical College. Her residency was followed up with a fellowship in Geriatric Medicine at the same institution. Dr. Skokowska is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Dementia. Her clinical expertise encompasses Type 2 Diabetes (T2D), Hypertension, Familial Hypertension, Gastrostomy, and Endoscopy.

Sheldon Wasserman is a Neurologist practicing medicine in New Rochelle, New York. Dr. Wasserman is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Dementia. He is also highly rated in 4 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Seizures, Memory Loss, Lafora Disease, and Unverricht-Lundborg Syndrome.

Dr. Michael Bogaisky is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Geriatrics at Einstein/Montefiore, where he is a hospitalist and clinician educator. Dr. Bogaisky is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Dementia. His clinical expertise encompasses Low Blood Pressure, Orthostatic Hypotension, Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF), Sepsis, and Gastrostomy.

Wayne Lee is a primary care provider, practicing in Geriatrics in Bronx, New York. Dr. Lee is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Dementia. He is also highly rated in 3 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Glucocorticoid-Remediable Aldosteronism, Hypertension, Familial Hypertension, and Maturity Onset Diabetes of the Young.

Dr. Amy R. Ehrlich  is the Associate Chief of the Division of Geriatrics at Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and the Medical Director of Montefiore’s Home Health Agency.  She graduated from Harvard Medical School and completed her post graduate training at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. She is board certified in Internal Medicine, Geriatrics and Hospice and Palliative Care. Dr. Ehrlich is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Dementia. Her clinical expertise encompasses Dementia, Gigantism, Acromegaly, and Sotos Syndrome.

Dr. Claudene George began her career by obtaining a degree in pharmacy at the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy. She worked as a pharmacist for about 2 years before she entered medical school at Temple University in Philadelphia. She completed her residency in internal medicine at Boston University Medical Center, and then did a two-year Geriatrics Fellowship at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. She is board certified in Internal Medicine, Geriatrics, and Hospice and Palliative Care. Dr. George is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Dementia. Her clinical expertise encompasses Legius Syndrome, Alzheimer's Disease, Hypertension, and Dementia.

Raminder Parihar, MD, is Director, Neuromodulation at Montefiore Einstein and Assistant Professor, Neurology at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Parihar evaluates and treats patients with different movement disorders. She is also largely involved in evaluating patients for candidacy for deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery for the treatment of different movement disorders and initiating and following up stimulation programming. Dr. Parihar is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Dementia. She is also highly rated in 3 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Movement Disorders, Parkinson's Disease, Essential Tremor, Drug Induced Dyskinesia, and Deep Brain Stimulation.

Emad Soliman is a Neurologist practicing medicine in Yonkers, New York. Dr. Soliman is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Dementia. He is also highly rated in 25 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA), Tension Headache, Vasoconstriction, and Distal Median Nerve Dysfunction.

Maria Popa Muste, MD, FAAN is an assistant professor of neurology at CUIMC, in the Division of Multispecialty Neurology. A native of Romania, Dr. Muste completed her formal medical education in her home country. After moving to New York, she completed residencies in internal medicine and neurology at North Shore University Hospital and New York University School of Medicine. Dr. Muste subsequently completed a Clinical Neurophysiology fellowship, with an emphasis on EMG/Neuromuscular Medicine, here at Columbia. She is board certified in Neurology and Electrodiagnostic Medicine and is a fellow of the American Academy of Neurology.  In addition to practicing general neurology, Dr. Muste specializes in the care of patients with a range of neuromuscular diseases, including myasthenia gravis, myopathy, chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CDIP), neuroimmunological disorders such as encephalopathy and paraneoplastic syndromes, small fiber neuropathy, and dystonia.  She will see patients and perform nerve conduction testing and electromyography (EMG) at the NewYork-Presbyterian Medical Group Westchester office in Eastchester, NY. Dr. Muste is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Dementia. She is also highly rated in 26 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy, Peripheral Neuropathy, Spastic Paraplegia Type 5A, and Spastic Paraplegia Type 3A. Dr. Muste is board certified in Internal Medicine and Neurology. Dr. Muste is currently accepting new patients.

Mirnova Ceide is a Psychiatrist practicing medicine in Bronx, New York. Dr. Ceide is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Dementia. Her clinical expertise encompasses Dementia, Alzheimer's Disease, and Vascular Dementia.

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