
Overview
Daniel Gratch, MD is a board-certified neurologist and attending physician at Northwell Health at the Lenox Hill and Staten Island University Hospitals. He is dedicated to providing compassionate, patient-centered, and multidisciplinary care for patients with neuro-immunological disorders, including multiple sclerosis (MS), and a wide range of other neurological disorders. He completed medical school at the University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated with presitigious Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) honors. He completed neurology residency at NYU Langone School of Medicine (serving as a chief resident in his final year) and a two year combined research/clinical fellowship in Multiple Sclerosis at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He is an expert in novel immunotherapy treatments for MS and continues to engage in cutting edge research to move the field forward. In addition to his clinical practice, Dr. Gratch has been chosen to be a leader in education in the Northwell system. He is the Associate Program Director (APD) for the combined Staten Island / Lenox Hill neurology residency, for which he serves as a mentor, educator, innovator, and advocate. He also is the medical student clerkship site director for Lenox Hill helping to train and educate our future physicians.
Dr. Gratch is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Myelitis. His top areas of expertise are Multiple Sclerosis (MS), CACH Syndrome, Myelitis, and Papilledema.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 8 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 8 articles in the study of Myelitis.
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Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Gratch has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
Northwell Health Physician Partners Neurology At Lenox Hill
Asaff Harel MD MSC is an Associate Professor of Neurology at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell and serves as the Director of the Comprehensive Multiple Sclerosis Center as well as the North Shore/LIJ Neurology Residency Program. He subspecializes in the care of people with neuroimmunological conditions such as multiple sclerosis, neuromyelitis optica, MOGAD, sarcoidosis, central nervous system vasculitis, and other related conditions. He received his medical degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He completed both residency and a neuroimmunology fellowship at the Mount Sinai Hospital. Outside of clinical work and teaching, Dr. Harel is devoted to research and is involved in several clinical trials and internal research projects studying MS and related conditions. Dr. Harel is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Myelitis. His top areas of expertise are Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM), Encephalitis, and Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis (RMS).
Northwell Health Physician Partners Neuroscience Institute At Great Neck
Natasha Hameed is a Neurologist in Great Neck, New York. Dr. Hameed is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Myelitis. Her top areas of expertise are Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Transverse Myelitis, Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis (RMS), and Encephalitis.
Areas of Expertise
MediFind evaluates expertise by pulling from factors such as number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials, speaking at industry conferences, prescribing and referral patterns, and strength of connections with other experts in their field.
Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Experienced
- CACH SyndromeDr. Gratch isExperienced. Learn about CACH Syndrome.
- Multiple Sclerosis (MS)Dr. Gratch isExperienced. Learn about Multiple Sclerosis (MS).


