About Me
Conditions and Treatments
Conditions
- apraxia
- arteriovenous malformation
- attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
- autism
- behavior disorder
- Bell's palsy
- brain bleeding
- brain injury
- cerebral palsy
- Chiari malformation
- concussion
- Dandy Walker syndrome
- developmental delay
- dizziness
- epileptic seizures
- essential tremor
- facial paralysis
- fainting
- Guillain Barré syndrome
- headache
- hydrocephalus
- inflammation of the skeletal muscle
- intellectual disability
- learning disorder
- low muscle tone
- lower back pain
- memory disorder
- migraine headache
- movement disorder
- muscular dystrophy
- neck pain
- neuromuscular disorder
- neuropathy
- numbness
- obsessive compulsive disorder
- peripheral neuropathy
- premature birth
- spasticity
- speech disorder
- speech impairment
- spina bifida
- spinal narrowing
- sports concussion
- stroke
- Sturge Weber syndrome
- syringomyelia
- tic disorder
- tingling
- Tourette syndrome
- transient ischemic attack
- trigeminal neuralgia
- tuberous sclerosis
- unspecified brain disease
- vascular malformation
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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This provider accepts the following insurance plans.
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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 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 Mediblue Select HMO/Extra HMO
- 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
- Emblem Essential Plan 1
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- Emblem Essential Plan 3
- Emblem Essential Plan 4
- HIP Access I
- HIP Access II
- 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)
- HIP Medicaid Enhanced Essential 4 (SOMOS)
- HIP Medicare Supplement
- HIP POS
- HIP PPO
- HIP Prime Bronze
- HIP Prime Gold
- HIP Prime Platinum
- HIP Prime Silver
- HIP VIP Medicare Bold
- HIP VIP Medicare Prime
- Vytra HMO
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Local 1199
- Local 1199 - NYU Hospital Member Choice
- Local 1199 PPO
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Magnacare
- Magnacare PPO
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Medicare
- Medicare Part B
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Multiplan
- AXA Assistance USA
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- Beech Street PPO
- Diversified Administration Corporation
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- Guardian Life Insurance Co Of America
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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
- NYS Health Insurance Plan - The Empire Plan
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Oxford
- Oxford Health Plans Freedom
- Oxford Health Plans Liberty
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POMCO Insurance Company
- POMCO Insurance Company
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Qualcare Inc.
- Qualcare Direct
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Railroad Medicare
- Palmetto GBA Railroad Medicare
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Tricare
- TRICARE
- TriWest
- US Family Health Plan
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United Healthcare
- AARP Medicare Complete
- Bind Benefits inc
- Oxford Health Plans Medicare Advantage
- UMR
- UMR WTC Health Program
- United Healthcare AARP
- United Healthcare All Savers
- United Healthcare Choice
- United Healthcare Choice (AMEX employees)
- United Healthcare Choice (Blackrock employees)
- United Healthcare Choice (CBS employees)
- United Healthcare Choice (Viacom 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 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
- VA CCN Optum
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Veterans Choice
- Veterans Choice Program-VACAA
Locations and Appointments
Video Visits
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Schedule a Video VisitNYU Neurology Associates
222 East 41st Street
New York, NY 10017
Research Academic Contact
Academic office
222 East 41st Street
New York, NY 10017
Phone
212-263-7744
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