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Affiliated providers provide medical care at an NYU Langone location or a private practice, and are not employed by NYU Langone Health.

Michael H. Pourfar, MD

Affiliated Provider
Affiliated providers provide medical care at an NYU Langone location or a private practice, and are not employed by NYU Langone Health.
  • Specialties: Neurosurgery, Neurology
  • Treats: Adults
  • Languages: English, French
  • Phone: 212-263-2607
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Conditions and Treatments

For Adults
Conditions
  • ataxia
  • dystonia
  • essential tremor
  • facial pain
  • movement disorder
  • Parkinson's disease
  • spasmodic torticollis
  • spasticity
  • Tourette syndrome
  • trigeminal neuralgia
  • wry neck
Treatments
  • deep brain stimulation
  • neuromodulation
  • radiosurgery
  • stereotactic brain surgery
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Learn more about conditions we treat at NYU Langone:
Atypical Facial Pain in Adults , Tourette Disorder , Movement Disorders in Adults , Trigeminal Neuralgia in Adults , Parkinson’s Disease

Positions
Education and Training
  • Fellowship, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, Movement Disorder, 2005
  • Residency, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Neurology, 2003
  • MD from Hahnemann University, 1999

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This provider accepts the following insurance plans.

  • ###Aetna HMO
  • Aetna HMO
  • Aetna Indemnity
  • Aetna Medicare
  • Aetna OA Managed Choice POS
  • Aetna Open Choice PPO
  • Aetna POS
  • Aetna PPO/EPO
  • Affinity
  • Affinity Exchange- Essential
  • Amidacare
  • CareConnect
  • Centerlight
  • Cigna EPO/POS
  • Cigna PPO
  • ElderPlan
  • Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield EPO
  • Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO
  • Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield Healthplus
  • Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield Healthy NY
  • Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield Indemnity
  • Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield MediBlue
  • Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield POS
  • Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO
  • Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield Pathways, Enhanced
  • Fidelis Child Health
  • Fidelis Exchange
  • Fidelis Family Health
  • Fidelis Medicaid
  • Fidelis Medicare
  • GHI
  • GHI HMO
  • HIP Access I
  • HIP Access II
  • HIP Child Health
  • HIP EPO/PPO
  • HIP Family Health
  • HIP HMO
  • HIP Medicaid
  • HIP Medicare
  • HIP POS
  • HealthFirst
  • HealthRepublic
  • HealthSmart (WTC)
  • Humana Medicare
  • Local 1199 PPO
  • MagnaCare PPO
  • Medicare
  • MultiPlan/PHCS PPO
  • NY Medicaid
  • NYS Health Insurance Plan - The Empire Plan
  • Oscar
  • Oxford Exchange
  • Oxford Freedom
  • Oxford Liberty
  • Oxford Medicare
  • Railroad Medicare
  • Tricare
  • United Exchange- Compass
  • UnitedHealthcare Community & State Plan
  • UnitedHealthcare EPO
  • UnitedHealthcare HMO
  • UnitedHealthcare Medicare
  • UnitedHealthcare POS
  • UnitedHealthcare PPO
  • UnitedHealthcare Top Tier
  • Visiting Nurse Service (VNS) Medicare
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.

Locations and Appointments

NYU Neurosurgery Associates

530 1st Avenue, Suite 8S, New York, NY 10016

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Phone

212-263-2607

Fax

212-263-8225

NYU Langone Great Neck Medical

488 Great Neck Road, Suite 300, Great Neck, NY 11021

Academic office

530 1st Avenue, Suite 8S

New York, NY 10016

Phone

212-263-2607

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