About Me
Conditions and Treatments
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
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 DiseaseCredentials
Positions
- Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery at NYU Grossman School of Medicine
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
Locations and Appointments
NYU Neurosurgery Associates
530 1st Avenue, Suite 8S, New York, NY 10016
NYU Langone Great Neck Medical
488 Great Neck Road, Suite 300, Great Neck, NY 11021
Research Academic Contact
Academic office
530 1st Avenue, Suite 8S
New York, NY 10016
Phone
212-263-2607
Publications
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London, Dennis; Fazl, Arash; Katlowitz, Kalman; Soula, Marisol; Pourfar, Michael H; Mogilner, Alon Y; Kiani, Roozbeh
eLife. 2021 09 14; 10:
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Johnson, Kara A; Duffley, Gordon; Anderson, Daria Nesterovich; Ostrem, Jill L; Welter, Marie-Laure; Baldermann, Juan Carlos; Kuhn, Jens; Huys, Daniel; Visser-Vandewalle, Veerle; Foltynie, Thomas; Zrinzo, Ludvic; Hariz, Marwan; Leentjens, Albert F G; Mogilner, Alon Y; Pourfar, Michael H; Almeida, Leonardo; Gunduz, Aysegul; Foote, Kelly D; Okun, Michael S; Butson, Christopher R
Brain. 2020 Aug 01; 143(8):2607-2623
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Vitek, Jerrold L; Jain, Roshini; Chen, Lilly; Tröster, Alexander I; Schrock, Lauren E; House, Paul A; Giroux, Monique L; Hebb, Adam O; Farris, Sierra M; Whiting, Donald M; Leichliter, Timothy A; Ostrem, Jill L; San Luciano, Marta; Galifianakis, Nicholas; Verhagen Metman, Leo; Sani, Sepehr; Karl, Jessica A; Siddiqui, Mustafa S; Tatter, Stephen B; Ul Haq, Ihtsham; Machado, Andre G; Gostkowski, Michal; Tagliati, Michele; Mamelak, Adam N; Okun, Michael S; Foote, Kelly D; Moguel-Cobos, Guillermo; Ponce, Francisco A; Pahwa, Rajesh; Nazzaro, Jules M; Buetefisch, Cathrin M; Gross, Robert E; Luca, Corneliu C; Jagid, Jonathan R; Revuelta, Gonzalo J; Takacs, Istvan; Pourfar, Michael H; Mogilner, Alon Y; Duker, Andrew P; Mandybur, George T; Rosenow, Joshua M; Cooper, Scott E; Park, Michael C; Khandhar, Suketu M; Sedrak, Mark; Phibbs, Fenna T; Pilitsis, Julie G; Uitti, Ryan J; Starr, Philip A
Lancet. Neurology. 2020 Jun ; 19(6):491-501
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