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John Hughes is an Internal Medicine provider in Newburgh, New York. Dr. Hughes is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Peripheral Neuropathy. His top areas of expertise are Peripheral Neuropathy, Autosomal Dominant Partial Epilepsy with Auditory Features, Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo, and Essential Tremor.

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 a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Peripheral Neuropathy. Her top areas of expertise are Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy, Peripheral Neuropathy, Spastic Paraplegia-Epilepsy-Intellectual Disability Syndrome, and Spastic Paraplegia Type 2.

Polina Liss is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in New York, New York. Dr. Liss is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Peripheral Neuropathy. Her top areas of expertise are Peripheral Neuropathy, Abdominal Obesity Metabolic Syndrome, Type B Insulin Resistance Syndrome, and Cytochrome C Oxidase Deficiency.