The 20 Best Spinal and Bulbar Muscular Atrophy Doctors Near Me in Bronx, NY

Matthew Harms, MD is an Associate Professor of Neurology. Dr. Harms received his A.B. in Biology summa cum laude from Harvard University in 1997, and his medical doctorate from the University of California San Francisco in 2003. He remained at San Francisco for neurology residency and served as Chief Resident in his final year. Dr. Harms completed neuromuscular medicine and clinical neurophysiology fellowships under the mentorship of Dr. Alan Pestronk at Washington University in St. Louis. His clinical training in neuromuscular diseases led him into the laboratory of Dr. Robert Baloh, where his post-doctoral research identified the genes responsible for two orphan human diseases- dominant spinal muscular atrophy with lower extremity predominance and limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 1D.Dr. Harms joined the neuromuscular medicine faculty at Washington University in 2009 with board certifications in neurology, clinical neurophysiology, and neuromuscular medicine. In 2011, Dr. Harms assumed leadership of the Washington University Neuromuscular Genetics Project and established his research laboratory to continue harnessing emerging genetic technologies to understand the causes of inherited neuromuscular diseases. The lab focuses on diseases of the motor neuron, including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, spinal muscular atrophy, and the hereditary motor neuropathies, and where his efforts have helped identify more than 5 novel disease genes. Here at Columbia, he will continue these efforts, directing an international multi-site effort using whole genome and transcriptome sequencing to bring precision medicine to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. His laboratory efforts will occur in both the Motor Neuron Center and the Institute for Genomic Medicine. Dr. Harms is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Spinal and Bulbar Muscular Atrophy. He is also highly rated in 11 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease), Primary Lateral Sclerosis, Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), and Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 3. Dr. Harms is board certified in Neuromuscular Medicine, Neurology, and Clinical Neurophysiology. Dr. Harms is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Neil Shneider is a physician-scientist with expertise in neuromuscular development and disease. He is a graduate of Harvard College and of the MD-PhD program of the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, and he was Chief Resident of the Harvard Longwood Neurology Training Program. Dr. Shneider completed his graduate work in the laboratory of Dr. Richard Axel and his postdoctoral fellowship in the laboratory of Dr. Thomas Jessell. After several years in the Intramural Program of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Dr. Shneider returned to Columbia University as Assistant Professor of Neurology in the Neuromuscular Division. He is a member of the Center for Motor Neuron Biology and Disease and of the H. Houston Merritt Clinical Research Center. Dr. Shneider has clinical expertise in the diagnosis and care of patients with ALS and related motor neuron diseases. Dr. Shneider is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Spinal and Bulbar Muscular Atrophy. He is also highly rated in 6 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease), Primary Lateral Sclerosis, Spinal and Bulbar Muscular Atrophy, and Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 3. Dr. Shneider is board certified in Neurology. Dr. Shneider is currently accepting new patients.

Rehabilitation Medicine, Electrodiagnosis, Rheumatology. Dr. Saad is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Spinal and Bulbar Muscular Atrophy. Her clinical expertise encompasses Hemiplegia, Primary Lateral Sclerosis, Paraplegia, and Spastic Diplegia Infantile Type.

Hiroshi Mitsumoto is a Neurologist practicing medicine in New York, New York. Dr. Mitsumoto is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Spinal and Bulbar Muscular Atrophy. She is also highly rated in 7 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease), Primary Lateral Sclerosis, Spinal and Bulbar Muscular Atrophy, and Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 3.

Jinsy Andrews is a Neurologist practicing medicine in New York, New York. Dr. Andrews is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Spinal and Bulbar Muscular Atrophy. She is also highly rated in 7 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease), Primary Lateral Sclerosis, Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 3, and Spinal and Bulbar Muscular Atrophy.

Ikjae Lee is a Neurologist practicing medicine in New York, New York. Dr. Lee is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Spinal and Bulbar Muscular Atrophy. He is also highly rated in 9 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease), Myasthenia Gravis, Primary Lateral Sclerosis, Spinal and Bulbar Muscular Atrophy, and Thymectomy. Dr. Lee is currently accepting new patients.

Thomas Brannagan is a Neurologist practicing medicine in New York, New York. Dr. Brannagan is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Spinal and Bulbar Muscular Atrophy. He is also highly rated in 14 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy, Familial Transthyretin Amyloidosis, Multifocal Motor Neuropathy, and Transthyretin Amyloidosis.

Eric Goldman is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Bronx, New York. Dr. Goldman is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Spinal and Bulbar Muscular Atrophy. He is also highly rated in 4 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Familial Colorectal Cancer, Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer, Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer, and Ascariasis. Dr. Goldman is currently accepting new patients.

"Dr. Michael Swerdlow graduated from The University Of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.  He did a medical residency at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York.  He then completed the neurology residency at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in The Bronx.   He then did a fellowship Neuromuscular diseases at the N.I.H. in Bethesda.  He joined the faculty at Montefiore Hospital and Albert Einstein College.  He presently is a  Professor of Clinical Neurology.   He has a large faculty practice with Dr. David Kaufman as ""K and S.""   He teaches residents and supervises the Neurology Clinic and is involved in CME teaching.  Special areas of interest include muscle disorders, Myasthenia Gravis, Multiple Sclerosis and disorders of the spine.". Dr. Swerdlow is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Spinal and Bulbar Muscular Atrophy. He is also highly rated in 26 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Myasthenia Gravis, Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis (RMS), and Neuromyelitis Optica.

Neuromuscular medicine/ Electrodiagnostic testing. Dr. Gulati is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Spinal and Bulbar Muscular Atrophy. He is also highly rated in 10 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Migraine, Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy, Unverricht-Lundborg Syndrome, and Lafora Disease.

Volkan Granit is a Neurologist practicing medicine in Bronx, New York. Dr. Granit is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Spinal and Bulbar Muscular Atrophy. He is also highly rated in 8 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease), Primary Lateral Sclerosis, Myasthenia Gravis, and Spinal and Bulbar Muscular Atrophy.

Akin Beckley, MD, MBA is an Assistant Professor and Associate Residency Program Director at Columbia University Medical Center’s Department of Rehabilitation and Regenerative Medicine. Dr. Beckley also serves as the Medical Director of the Inpatient Unit at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center. He specializes in seeing patients with neurological problems, cancer, amputations, and cardiopulmonary issues.Dr. Beckley received his undergraduate education at the University of Western Ontario and his MBA and MD from the University of Connecticut. He completed his internship and residency in Surgery at the Hospital of St. Raphael before moving on to complete his residency in Rehabilitation Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia.Dr. Beckley’s interests lie in neurological and cancer rehabilitation. His focus, when treating patients, is to help them get back to their level of function prior to them becoming ill using an interdisciplinary and collaborative method. He employs the help of other departments such as PT and OT to provide the best care necessary for the patient. He also emphasizes the importance of education among his patients and medical students to assure effective continued care. Dr. Beckley is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Spinal and Bulbar Muscular Atrophy. He is also highly rated in 6 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Paraplegia, Hemiplegia, Foot Drop, Syringomyelia, and Gamma Knife Radiosurgery. Dr. Beckley is board certified in Physical Medicine And Rehabilitation. Dr. Beckley is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Louis H. Weimer is a Professor of Neurology at Columbia University Medical Center. A graduate of Emory School of Medicine, he completed residency training in Neurology at the The Neurological Institute of New York, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, serving as chief resident in his final year. Dr. Weimer completed a fellowship in clinical neurophysiology and neuromuscular disease also at Columbia. Dr. Weimer directs the EMG laboratory and the Clinical autonomic laboratory and co-directs the Columbia Neuropathy Research Center. His clinical and research interests include autonomic and small nerve fiber function, dysautonomia, peripheral neuropathy, neurologic causes of syncope, and autonomic failure syndromes. Other special interests include neuropathy from medications and toxins, entrapment neuropathies, Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic syndrome and various other neuromuscular disorders. Dr. Weimer previously served on the board of directors of the American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine and is on the national medical advisory board for the Charcot-Marie-Tooth Association. He is a counsel member of the UCNS accreditation board. He is the chair of the quality assurance committee for the department of neurology. He has written numerous papers, book chapters, and review articles and reviews papers for several medical journals and is a section editor for Medlink Neurology and Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports. In addition to patient testing, Dr. Weimer sees patients in consultation, in most instances patients with various forms of autonomic dysfunction, peripheral neuropathy, and neuromuscular disorders. Dr. Weimer is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Spinal and Bulbar Muscular Atrophy. He is also highly rated in 7 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Myasthenia Gravis, Peripheral Neuropathy, Autonomic Dysreflexia, and Lambert-Eaton Syndrome. Dr. Weimer is board certified in Neuromuscular Medicine and Neurology. Dr. Weimer is currently accepting new patients.

Comana Cioroiu, MD is a general neurological specialist with particular expertise in clinical neurophysiology and electrodiagnostic testing of neuromuscular disorders. She is a graduate of Columbia University and New York Medical College, and served as Chief Resident during her Neurology training at The Neurological Institute of NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center.Dr. Cioroiu remained at The Neurological Institute of New York for advanced training in Neurophysiology and Electromyography before joining the faculty of the Department of Neurology at Columbia University. Dr. Cioroiu currently sees patients at two convenient locations in New York: Columbia University Irving Medical Center at West 168th Street and 155 White Plains Road in Tarrytown, NY. For an appointment with Dr. Cioroiu, please call 646-426-3876. Dr. Cioroiu is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Spinal and Bulbar Muscular Atrophy. She is also highly rated in 3 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy, Peripheral Neuropathy, Guillain-Barre Syndrome, and Myasthenia Gravis. Dr. Cioroiu is board certified in Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology. Dr. Cioroiu is currently accepting new patients.

Inna Kleyman is a Neurologist practicing medicine in New York, New York. Dr. Kleyman is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Spinal and Bulbar Muscular Atrophy. She is also highly rated in 4 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy, Peripheral Neuropathy, Spinal and Bulbar Muscular Atrophy, and Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 3. Dr. Kleyman is currently accepting new patients.

David Simpson is a Neurologist practicing medicine in New York, New York. Dr. Simpson is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Spinal and Bulbar Muscular Atrophy. He is also highly rated in 17 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Aromatic L-Amino Acid Decarboxylase (AADC) Deficiency, Dopa-Responsive Dystonia, Familial Paroxysmal Nonkinesigenic Dyskinesia, and Focal Dystonia.

Susan Shin is a Neurologist practicing medicine in New York, New York. Dr. Shin is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Spinal and Bulbar Muscular Atrophy. She is also highly rated in 42 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Primary Lateral Sclerosis, Guillain-Barre Syndrome, Infantile Axonal Neuropathy, and Congenital Insensitivity to Pain with Anhidrosis.

Dale Lange is a Neurologist practicing medicine in New York, New York. Dr. Lange is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Spinal and Bulbar Muscular Atrophy. He is also highly rated in 10 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease), Primary Lateral Sclerosis, Multifocal Motor Neuropathy, and Spinal and Bulbar Muscular Atrophy.

Bibhuti Mishra is a Neurologist and a Sleep Medicine provider practicing medicine in Rego Park, New York. Dr. Mishra is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Spinal and Bulbar Muscular Atrophy. He is also highly rated in 11 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Acute Cerebellar Ataxia, Supranuclear Ocular Palsy, Supranuclear Ophthalmoplegia, and Progressive Supranuclear Palsy Atypical. Dr. Mishra is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry/Neurology-Neurology and American Board Of Psychiatry & Neurology-Neurophysiology.

Surya Vishnubhakat is a Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine specialist and a Neurologist practicing medicine in Great Neck, New York. Dr. Vishnubhakat is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Spinal and Bulbar Muscular Atrophy. He is also highly rated in 3 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Myasthenia Gravis, Peripheral Neuropathy, Glossopharyngeal Neuralgia, and Radial Nerve Dysfunction. Dr. Vishnubhakat is board certified in American Board Of Psychiatry/Neurology-Neurology and American Board Of Psychiatry & Neurology-Neurophysiology.