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Sandra L. Forem, MD

  • Specialty: Pediatric Neurology
  • Languages: English, Yiddish
  • Phone: 212-263-7744
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Conditions and Treatments

For Adults For Children
Conditions
  • concussion
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
  • Dandy Walker syndrome
  • lower back pain
  • stroke
  • sports concussion
  • brain bleeding
  • Sturge Weber syndrome
  • memory disorder
  • tic disorder
  • Guillain Barré syndrome
  • neuropathy
  • peripheral neuropathy
  • Bell's palsy
  • behavior disorder
  • premature birth
  • concussion
  • vascular malformation
  • fainting
  • neuromuscular disorder
  • essential tremor
  • apraxia
  • tingling
  • obsessive compulsive disorder
  • facial paralysis
  • speech disorder
  • dizziness
  • syringomyelia
  • inflammation of the skeletal muscle
  • trigeminal neuralgia
  • Chiari malformation
  • tuberous sclerosis
  • arteriovenous malformation
  • numbness
  • intellectual disability
  • brain injury
  • spinal narrowing
  • unspecified brain disease
  • transient ischemic attack
  • neck pain
View All Conditions and Treatments
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, Vertigo

Credentials

Positions
  • Clinical Professor, Department of Neurology
  • 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
Departments

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Insurance Plans Accepted

This provider accepts the following insurance plans.

  • 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
  • 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 (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 Local 32BJ Employees
    • 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 PPO/EPO Small Group
    • New York Hotel Trades
    • Unicare
  • 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
  • GHI
    • GHI Medicare Supplement
  • Local 1199
    • Local 1199 - NYU Hospital Member Choice
    • Local 1199 PPO
  • Magnacare
    • Magnacare PPO
  • Medicare
    • Medicare Part B
  • Multiplan
    • AXA Assistance USA
    • Administrative Concepts
    • Beech Street PPO
    • Diversified Administration Corporation
    • Fiserv Health
    • GEHA
    • Global Excel
    • Global Health
    • Guardian Life Insurance Co Of America
    • Health Net Of California
    • Health Republic Of NJ
    • 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
  • NYSHIP - The Empire Plan
    • NYS Health Insurance Plan - The Empire Plan
  • Oxford
    • Oxford Health Plans Freedom
    • Oxford Health Plans Liberty
  • POMCO Insurance Company
    • POMCO Insurance Company
  • Qualcare Inc.
    • Qualcare Direct
  • Railroad Medicare
    • Palmetto GBA Railroad Medicare
  • Tricare
    • TRICARE
    • TriWest
    • US Family Health Plan
  • United Healthcare
    • AARP Medicare Complete
    • Oxford Health Plans Medicare Advantage
    • UMR
    • UMR WTC Health Program
    • 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 Medicare
    • United Healthcare Navigate
    • United Healthcare POS
    • United Healthcare PPO
    • United Healthcare Plus (NYU Langone Health Employees)
    • United Healthcare Student Resources
    • UnitedHealthcare Choice (JP Morgan Employees)
  • Veterans Choice
    • Veterans Choice Program-VACAA
View All Accepted Plans This list of insurances changes regularly, and insurance plans listed may not be accepted at all office locations for this provider. Before your appointment, please confirm with your insurance company that this provider accepts your insurance.

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NYU Neurology Associates

222 East 41st Street
New York, NY 10017

Phone

212-263-7744

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222 East 41st Street

New York, NY 10017

Phone

212-263-7744

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