About Me
Conditions and Treatments
Conditions
- headache
- migraine headache
- cerebral palsy
- epileptic seizures
- developmental delay
- low muscle tone
- attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
- hydrocephalus
- spina bifida
- movement disorder
- Tourette syndrome
- autism
- muscular dystrophy
- spasticity
- learning disorder
- speech impairment
- trigeminal neuralgia
- Chiari malformation
- tingling
- obsessive compulsive disorder
- facial paralysis
- speech disorder
- dizziness
- syringomyelia
- inflammation of the skeletal muscle
- neck pain
- tuberous sclerosis
- arteriovenous malformation
- numbness
- intellectual disability
- brain injury
- spinal narrowing
- unspecified brain disease
- transient ischemic attack
- neuropathy
- Dandy Walker syndrome
- lower back pain
- stroke
- sports concussion
- brain bleeding
- Sturge Weber syndrome
- memory disorder
- tic disorder
- Guillain Barré syndrome
- essential tremor
- apraxia
- peripheral neuropathy
- Bell's palsy
- behavior disorder
- premature birth
- concussion
- vascular malformation
- fainting
- neuromuscular disorder
Learn more about conditions we treat at NYU Langone:
Cerebral Palsy in Children, Epilepsy & Seizure Disorders in Children, Developmental Delays in Children, Disorders of Puberty, Achondroplasia in Children, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Muscular Dystrophy, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Children, Hydrocephalus in Children, Spina Bifida in Children, Tourette Disorder, Autism Spectrum Disorder in Children, Learning Disorders in Children, Concussion , Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder in Children, VertigoCredentials
Positions
- Clinical Professor, Department of Neurology at NYU Grossman School of Medicine
- Director, Out Patient Clinical Services in Child Neurology, Bellevue Hospital Center
Board Certifications
- American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology - w/Spec Qual's In Child Neurolo, 1989
- American Board of Pediatrics - Pediatrics, 1984
Education and Training
- Fellowship, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, Pediatric Neurology, 1985
- Residency, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, Pediatric Neurology, 1985
- Residency, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Pediatrics, 1982
- MD from Columbia University, 1979
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Aetna
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Indemnity
- Aetna International
- Aetna Medicare Managed Care
- Aetna Meritain Health
- Aetna Open Access EPO
- Aetna Open Access HMO
- Aetna POS
- Aetna POS (American Express Employer)
- Aetna PPO
- Aetna Signature Administrators PPO
- Aetna Student Plan
- Allied
- Chesterfield Resources Inc
- Christian Brothers Services
- CoreSource
- Healthscope
- Nippon Life of America-Aetna
- Nippon Life-Aetna
- Starmark
- WellNet
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Blue Cross Blue Shield
- BCBS Blue Access EPO Large Group
- BCBS Blue Access EPO Small Group
- BCBS Blue Access GEPO Large Group
- BCBS Blue Access GEPO Small Group
- BCBS Blue Access HMO Small Group
- BCBS Blue Access PPO Large Group
- BCBS EPO
- BCBS EPO (BlackRock 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 (Sunset Park/Family Health Center Employees)
- BCBS Federal Program
- BCBS Florida Blue Care HMO
- BCBS Florida Blue Medicare PPO
- BCBS Florida Blue Options PPO
- BCBS Florida Blue Select
- BCBS Florida MyBlue HMO
- BCBS Florida Simply Blue
- BCBS Florida Traditional PPC
- BCBS HMO
- BCBS Indemnity
- BCBS Local 32BJ Employees
- BCBS Mediblue Medicare HMO
- BCBS Mediblue Medicare PPO
- BCBS POS
- BCBS PPO
- BCBS PPO (BlackRock Employees)
- BCBS PPO - Empire PPO (Sunset Park/Family Health Center Employees)
- BCBS PPO/EPO Small Group
- New York Hotel Trades
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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
- Great West HMO
- MVP-Cigna Network
- Wellfleet-NYU Student
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Connecticare
- Connecticare Commercial
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Emblem
- Emblem Select Care Basic Exchange
- Emblem Select Care Bronze Exchange
- Emblem Select Care Bronze Small Group
- Emblem Select Care Catastropic Exchange
- Emblem Select Care EPO
- Emblem Select Care Gold Exchange
- Emblem Select Care Gold Small Group
- Emblem Select Care HMO
- Emblem Select Care PPO
- Emblem Select Care Platinum Exchange
- Emblem Select Care Platinum Small Group
- Emblem Select Care Silver Exchange
- Emblem Select Care Silver Small Group
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GHI
- American Plan Administrators
- GHI CBP (City of New York Employees)
- GHI Emblem Health EPO
- GHI Emblem Health PPO
- GHI HMO
- GHI HMO Medicare
- GHI Medicare PPO
- GHI Medicare Supplement
- GHI Network Access - Benefit Services of PA
- GHI Network Access - Total Plan Concepts
- IUOE Local 14-14B
- Wlny-TV Inc.
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HIP
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- Emblem Essential Plan 4
- HIP Access I
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- HIP Bridge
- HIP Child Health Plus
- HIP EPO
- HIP HMO
- HIP Medicaid Enhanced - Child Health Plus (SOMOS)
- HIP Medicaid Enhanced - NY MCD (SOMOS)
- HIP Medicaid Enhanced - SNP Harp (SOMOS)
- HIP Medicaid Enhanced Care
- HIP Medicaid Enhanced Essential 1 (SOMOS)
- HIP Medicaid Enhanced Essential 2 (SOMOS)
- HIP Medicaid Enhanced Essential 3 (SOMOS)
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- HIP Medicare Supplement
- HIP POS
- HIP PPO
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- HIP VIP Medicare Bold
- HIP VIP Medicare Prime
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- Vytra HMO
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Local 1199
- Local 1199 - NYU Hospital Member Choice
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Magnacare
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Medicare
- Medicare Part B
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Multiplan
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- Administrative Concepts
- Beech Street PPO
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- Fiserv Health
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- Guardian Life Insurance Co Of America
- Health Net Of California
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- Humana Health Plan
- Insurance Design Administrators
- Kaiser Foundation
- Kaiser Permanente
- Meritain Health
- Multiplan PPO
- Multiplan-Capital Dist Phys Health
- Mutual Of Omaha
- Nippon Life Ins Co
- PHCS
- Professional Benefit Admin
- Qualcare Inc
- Screen Actors Guild
- Teamsters Allied Benefits
- US Life Insurance Company
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NYSHIP - The Empire Plan
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Oxford
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POMCO Insurance Company
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Qualcare Inc.
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Railroad Medicare
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Tricare
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- US Family Health Plan
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United Healthcare
- AARP Medicare Complete
- Oxford Health Plans Medicare Advantage
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- United Healthcare AARP
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- United Healthcare Choice
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- United Healthcare Choice (Blackrock employees)
- United Healthcare Choice (CBS employees)
- United Healthcare Choice (Viacom Employees)
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- 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 Medicare
- United Healthcare Navigate
- United Healthcare POS
- United Healthcare PPO
- United Healthcare Plus (NYU Langone Health Employees)
- United Healthcare Student Resources
- United Healthcare Value, Advantage and HDHP (New York University employees)
- UnitedHealthcare Choice (JP Morgan Employees)
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VA Community Care Network
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Veterans Choice
- Veterans Choice Program-VACAA
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Publications
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Diprisco, Bridget E; Chhabria, Sasha; Forem, Sandra L; Rosenberg, Rebecca E
Clinical pediatrics. 2013 Feb ; 52(2):190-3
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Castaneda GY; Heilbroner PL; Shah N; Forem S; Fish I
Journal of child neurology. 1998 Jun ; 13(6):283-5
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Abbott R; Johann-Murphy M; Shiminski-Maher T; Quartermain D; Forem SL; Gold JT; Epstein FJ
Neurosurgery. 1993 Nov ; 33(5):851-7; discussion 857