About Me
Being a doctor and treating patients is all I ever wanted to do. In medical school I was fascinated by neurology and intrigued by headache-related diseases. Back then, there was no formal specialty called “headache medicine”—I was one of the first people in the country to do a formal fellowship in the field.
As director of the headache division at NYU Langone, I lead a team of board-certified neurologists and headache specialists—all of whom have completed fellowships in headache medicine. We treat people who have migraines, cluster headaches, trigeminal neuralgia, or other headache-related disorders using a variety of approaches. Although our team uses standard therapies with proven success, we also offer other treatments, such as nerve blocks, Botox®, intravenous infusions, biofeedback, stress management, and acupuncture as needed. Additionally, we have the resources to conduct clinical trials, affording our patients access to the newest therapies before they are widely available.
As someone who experiences chronic migraines and has been misdiagnosed in the past, I know what my patients are going through. People who have been diagnosed incorrectly, have tried medications that didn’t work, or whose lives are often interrupted by chronic headaches can benefit from seeing a board-certified headache specialist. I treat people as if they were my own family members, listening to them and working with them to develop an individualized treatment plan that combines medication and non-pharmacologic therapies with lifestyle changes.
I treat men and women at the Preston Robert Tisch Center for Men’s Health, where I can also refer them to world-class specialists, including internists, cardiologists, endocrinologists, physical therapists, and psychiatrists if needed. We work as a family here—we are all invested in our patients’ care.
I’ve lectured both nationally and internationally on various topics in headache medicine and have trained more than a dozen neurologists in the field. I’m a member of the American Academy of Neurology, the National Headache Foundation, and the International Headache Society, and I’m the former president of the American Headache Society. I’m honored to have received the 2015 Cullman Family Award for Excellence in Physician–Patient Communication, the Leonard L. Lovshin Lectureship Award from the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, and the John R. Graham Lecture Award from the American Headache Society.
Conditions and Treatments
Conditions
- concussion
- hemicrania continua
- new daily persistent headache
- trigeminal neuralgia
- low pressure headache
- occipital neuralgia
- vestibular migraine
- concussion
- menstrual migraine
- post-traumatic headache
- headache
- cluster headache
- migraine headache
- primary exertional headache
- sports concussion
Learn more about conditions we treat at NYU Langone:
Concussion , Trigeminal Neuralgia in Adults, Headache in Adults, Migraine in AdultsCredentials
Positions
- Professor, Department of Neurology
- Director, Headache Division
Board Certifications
- American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology - Neurology, 1994
Education and Training
- Fellowship, Montefiore Medical Center, Headache Medicine, 1990
- Residency, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, Neurology, 1989
- MD from Autonomous Uni-Guadalajara, 1983
Departments
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This provider accepts the following insurance plans.
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Blue Cross Blue Shield
- BCBS Blue Access EPO
- BCBS Blue Access GEPO
- BCBS Blue Access HMO
- BCBS EPO
- BCBS EPO (BlackRock Employees)
- BCBS EPO (NYU Winthrop Employees)
- BCBS EPO - Empire EPO (NYU Langone Employees)
- BCBS EPO - Empire EPO (Sunset Park/Family Health Center Employees)
- BCBS EPO - Empire NYU Care (NYU Langone Employees)
- BCBS EPO - Empire NYU Care (NYU Winthrop Employees)
- BCBS EPO - Empire NYU Care (Sunset Park/Family Health Center Employees)
- BCBS Federal Program
- BCBS HMO
- BCBS Indemnity
- BCBS Mediblue Medicare HMO
- BCBS Mediblue Medicare PPO
- BCBS POS
- BCBS PPO
- BCBS PPO (BlackRock Employees)
- BCBS PPO (NYU Winthrop Employees)
- BCBS PPO - Empire PPO (Sunset Park/Family Health Center Employees)
- BCBS Pathway
- BCBS Pathway Enhanced
- BCBS Pathway Enhanced
- BCBS Pathway X Enhanced
- BCBS Pathway X Enhanced
- Local 32BJ SEIU
- New York Hotel Trades
- Unicare
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Cigna
- Apwu Health Plan
- Cigna Great West PPO
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna Indemnity
- Cigna Managed Care/POS
- Cigna NALC
- Cigna Open Access
- Cigna Open Access PPO
- Cigna PPO
- Cigna Premier Plus
- Consolidated Health Plans-NYU Student
- Great West HMO
- MVP-Cigna Network
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GHI
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MVP Select Care Inc
- MVP Preferred EPO
- MVP Select Care Inc.
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Medicare
- Medicare Part A
- Medicare Part A and B
- Medicare Part B
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Railroad Medicare
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United Healthcare
- AARP Medicare Complete
- Oxford Health Plans Medicare Advantage
- UMR
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- United Healthcare AARP
- United Healthcare Choice
- United Healthcare Choice (AMEX employees)
- United Healthcare Choice (Blackrock employees)
- United Healthcare Choice (CBS employees)
- United Healthcare Choice NSLIJ
- United Healthcare EPO
- United Healthcare EPO (NYU Langone Health Employees)
- United Healthcare HMO
- United Healthcare Indemnity
- United Healthcare Indemnity (NYU Langone Health Employees)
- United Healthcare JP Morgan
- United Healthcare Medicare
- United Healthcare Navigate
- United Healthcare POS
- United Healthcare PPO
- United Healthcare Plus (NYU Langone Health Employees)
- United Healthcare Student Resources
Locations and Appointments
NYU Langone Preston Robert Tisch Center for Men's Health
555 Madison Avenue, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10022
NYU Langone Preston Robert Tisch Center for Men's Health
311 North Street, Suite 102
White Plains, NY 10605
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You can schedule appointments, view test results, communicate with your doctor, and more using our portal, MyChart at NYU Langone Health.Publications
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Berk, Thomas; Ashina, Sait; Martin, Vincent; Newman, Lawrence; Vij, Brinder
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2018 Dec ; 66(12):2408-2416
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Ashina, Hakan; Newman, Lawrence; Ashina, Sait
Neurological sciences. 2017 Dec ; 38(12):2089-2093
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Cohen, Joshua M; Dodick, David W; Yang, Ronghua; Newman, Lawrence C; Li, Thomas; Aycardi, Ernesto; Bigal, Marcelo E
Headache. 2017 Oct ; 57(9):1375-1384