William R. Sugrue

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Adarsha Selvachandran

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Adarsha

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Selvachandran

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Jillian L. Rosengard

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Jillian

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.8667px;">Jillian L. Rosengard, MD, is an attending physician and Associate Professor of Neurology at Montefiore Einstein. She specializes in the diagnosis and management of seizures and epilepsy. She has a particular interest in treating patients with intractable epilepsy and caring for women with epilepsy during their pregnancies, as well as medical education.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.8667px;">After obtaining her Bachelor of Arts at Harvard in 2008, Dr. Rosengard earned her Doctor of Medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in 2012. She completed an internship in internal medicine at New York University Langone Medical Center in 2013 before completing her residency in neurology at Mount Sinai Medical Center in 2016, where she served as Chief Resident. Dr. Rosengard then completed a fellowship in clinical neurophysiology at Einstein in 2017.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.8667px;">Dr. Rosengard's research focuses on the impact of Covid-19 on patients with epilepsy as well as seizure prediction. She also participates in drug trials for new anti-seizure medications through Montefiore&rsquo;s Clinical Research Center. She has been Principal Investigator and Co-Principal Investigator on several research projects, and her work has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals and textbooks. Dr. Rosengard has given national presentations and has been a reviewer for scientific journals including <em>Neurology, Epilepsy &amp; Behavior </em>and the<em> Journal of the Neurological Sciences.</em></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.8667px;">Dr. Rosengard is board certified in Neurology and Epilepsy by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. She is a member of the American Academy of Neurology and the American Epilepsy Society. In 2023, Dr. Rosengard was elected into the Leo M. Davidoff Society for outstanding achievement in the teaching of medical students, and she has been named a New York Super Doctors Rising Star for several years.</p>

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Dr. Rosengard specializes in the diagnosis and management of seizures and epilepsy. She has a particular interest in treating women with epilepsy during their pregnancies as well as medical education.<br />

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Dr. Rosengard's research focuses on the Covid-19 pandemic's inpatient on patients with epilepsy as well as seizure prediction. She also participates in drug trials for new anti-seizure medications through Montefiore Clinical Research Center.<br /><quillbot-extension-portal></quillbot-extension-portal>

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Puja Patel

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Puja

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<p>Puja Patel, MD, is an attending physician at Montefiore Einstein and Associate Professor, Neurology at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Patel's clinical focus is pediatric epilepsy, although she also sees patients with general pediatric neurological issues, including headaches, movement disorders, sleep concerns and developmental delay.</p><p>After obtaining her Bachelor of Arts in biology from Barnard College in 2005, Dr. Patel earned her Doctor of Medicine at the State University of New York Downstate Medical Center in 2009. She completed her internship and residency in pediatrics at NewYork-Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Medical Center in 2011. Following this, Dr. Patel came to Montefiore Einstein to continue her medical training, completing her pediatric neurology residency in 2014, a clinical neurophysiology fellowship in 2015 and a behavioral neurosciences fellowship in 2016.</p><p>Dr. Patel&rsquo;s research focuses on clinical seizure prediction in the pediatric population. She has been co-investigator in several clinical drug trials investigating new anti-seizure medications. Her work has been shared through invited presentations and peer-reviewed journals, books, chapters, review articles and abstracts. She is a reviewer for scientific journals, including <em>Epilepsy Research, the Journal of Neurological Sciences and Pediatric Neurology</em>, among others.</p><p>Dr. Patel is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in Neurology with special competence in Child Neurology. She is a member of the Child Neurology Society and the American Epilepsy Society.</p>

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Raminder K. Parihar

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Raminder

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Parihar

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Dr. Parihar is focused on expanding the DBS to improve the quality of life of patients with tremors, Parkinson's disease, and dystonia.

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Dr. Parihar is interested in studying gait disorders and working to find advanced therapies to improve them.&nbsp;

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<p><span id="docs-internal-guid-7b0a3849-df15-2ae7-5b01-dfa6f02928ba">1. Parihar, R; Mahoney, JR; Verghese, J. Relationship of Gait and Cognition in the Elderly. Curr Transl Geriatr Exp Gerontol Rep. 2013 Sep 1;2(3)</span></p>
<p>2. Bakshi K,&nbsp;Parihar R, Goswami SK, Walsh M, Friedman E, Wang HY. Prenatal cocaine exposure uncouples mGluR1 from Homer1 and Gq proteins. PLoS One. 2014 Mar 13;9(3):e91671. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0091671. eCollection 2014</p>
<p>3.&nbsp;<span id="docs-internal-guid-7b0a3849-df16-5152-5f73-3dd4cf8c18ee">Parihar R, Alterman R, Papavassiliou E, Tarsy D, Shih LC. Comparison of VIM and STN DBS for Parkinsonian Resting and Postural/Action Tremor. Tremor Other Hyperkinetic Mov. 2015 July 6;5: 321</span></p>
<p>4.&nbsp;<span id="docs-internal-guid-7b0a3849-df16-989c-b0c2-e768f5de3e9a">Tarsy, Daniel, and Raminder K. Parihar. Medication-Induced Movement Disorders. Cambridge, 2015. Print.</span></p>

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<p>Raminder Parihar, MD, is Director, Neuromodulation at Montefiore Einstein and Assistant Professor, Neurology at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Parihar evaluates and treats patients with different movement disorders. She is also largely involved in evaluating patients for candidacy for deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery for the treatment of different movement disorders and initiating and following up stimulation programming.</p><p>After obtaining her Bachelor of Science in biomedical sciences from the City College of New York in 2007, Dr. Parihar completed her Doctor of Medicine at Stony Brook University School of Medicine in 2009. She then came to Albert Einstein College of Medicine, where she completed an internship in medicine in 2010 and her residency in adult neurology in 2013, where she was Chief Resident in her final year. Dr. Parihar completed a fellowship in movement disorders at Harvard/Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in 2014.</p><p>Dr. Parihar&rsquo;s research focuses on gait disorders and how they can predict cognitive impairment in patients with Parkinson's disease. She also studies the impact of deep brain stimulation in improving the quality of life in patients with movement disorders. Her work has been published in peer-reviewed book chapters and publications, and she has shared her work through lectures and platform and abstract presentations.</p><p>Dr. Parihar is a Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. She is a member of the American Academy of Neurology, the Movement Disorders Society and the American Medical Association (AMA). In 2023, Dr. Parihar was a recipient of the Marquis Who's Who in America Award.</p>

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Lisa Morrow

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Mark J. Milstein

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Dr. Milstein focuses on inpatient neurological consultation and outpatient neuromuscular evaluation with a special focus on myasthenia gravis.

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Dr. Milstein&rsquo;s research is focused on medical education, unique neurological presentations, and neuromuscular conditions, including myasthenia gravis and Guillain-Barr&eacute; Syndrome.

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<p>Mark J. Milstein, MD, FAAN, is Director of the Adult Neurology Residency Training Program at Montefiore and Associate Professor of Neurology and Medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. His clinical work focuses primarily on neurohospitalist and neuromuscular medicine / electromyography (EMG), as well as general neurology.</p><p>After earning a degree in Biology at the University of Pennsylvania in 1997, Dr. Milstein attended Albert Einstein College of Medicine, where he received his Doctor of Medicine in 2001. Dr. Milstein completed five years of postgraduate training at Montefiore from 2001-2006, including his internship in medicine, residency in neurology and fellowship in clinical neurophysiology. Dr. Milstein was Chief Resident in the final year of his neurology training.</p><p>Dr. Milstein&rsquo;s research focuses on medical education, inpatient neurology and neuromuscular medicine. His work has been published in a number of peer-reviewed journals, and includes original research, review articles, and books. Dr. Milstein has been an invited speaker at a number of national lectures and presentations.</p><p>At the 15th Annual Doctors Recognition Day in 2018, Dr. Milstein received the Peer to Peer Excellence in Medicine Award from the Bronx County Medical Society. He is a member of numerous professional societies, including the American Medical Association (AMA), the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) and the New York State Neurological Society. He holds leadership positions in the AAN and the New York County Medical Society (NYCMS).</p><p>Dr. Milstein is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.</p>

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Kathryn F. Kirchoff-Torres

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<p>Dr. Kirchoff-Torres joined the neurology faculty in 2010 after completing her training in neurology and vascular neurology at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine.&nbsp; She is board certified in neurology and vascular neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, and in Neurovascular Interpretation of carotid and transcranial ultrasound by the American Society of Neuroimaging.&nbsp; He interests include acute ischemic stroke, intracerebral hemorrhage, vascular malformations of the central nervous system, cerebrovascular disorders of pregnancy, hypercoagulable disorders and stroke education.&nbsp; She is an attending neurologist at Montefiore Medical Center and sees outpatients at the Stern Stroke Center.</p>

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Dr. Kirchoff-Torres&rsquo; clinical interests are in emergency care and acute management of cerebrovascular disorders, including ischemic stroke, intracerebral hemorrhage and vascular malformations, as well as the treatment of post-stroke patients to prevent recurrent stroke.

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Dr. Kirchoff-Torres&rsquo; particular research interests are in hematological disorders and cerebrovascular disease, pregnancy-related cerebrovascular disease, cerebral hyperperfusion syndrome after carotid revascularization and cardioembolic stroke. Her research has been published in reviewed publications, and she has produced many abstracts and posters.

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<p>Baffour FI, <strong>Kirchoff-Torres KF</strong>, Einstein FH, Karakash S, Miller TS. Bilateral internal carotid artery dissection in the postpartum period.Obstetrics &amp; Gynecology 2012 Feb;119(Part 2):489-492.</p>
<p>Zach V, Zhovtis S, <strong>Kirchoff-Torres KF</strong>, Weinberger JM. Common carotid artery dissection: a case report and review of the literature. Journal of Stroke &amp; Cerebrovascular Diseases 2012 Jan;21(1):52-60.</p>
<p>Goulart JM, Yoo JY, <strong>Kirchoff-Torres KF</strong>, Delman BN, Tuhrim S. Ischemic stroke in an adult with Glycogen Storage Disease Type I. J Clin Neurosci 2010 Nov;17(11):1467-9.</p>
<p>Katz M, Lesko J, <strong>Kirchoff-Torres KF</strong>, Zach V, Levine SR. Cerebrovascular disease and pregnancy. Fetal and Maternal Medicine Review 2010; 21:2 114&ndash;162.</p>
<p><strong>Kirchoff-Torres K</strong>, Levine SR. Antiphospholipid antibodies: pinning risk on a moving target. Lancet Neurology 2009;8(11):971-3.</p>
<p><strong>Kirchoff KF.</strong> Travelogue. Contexts: A Forum for Medical Humanities. 2001;9(4):5-7.</p>

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<p>Kathryn F. Kirchoff-Torres, MD, is Attending Neurologist at Montefiore and Assistant Professor, Neurology at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Kirchoff-Torres&rsquo; clinical interests are in emergency care and acute management of cerebrovascular disorders, including ischemic stroke, intracerebral hemorrhage and vascular malformations, as well as the treatment of post-stroke patients to prevent recurrent stroke.</p><p>After receiving her Bachelor of Science in neuroscience from the University of Rochester in 1999, Dr. Kirchoff-Torres attended SUNY Stony Brook School of Medicine, receiving her Doctor of Medicine in 2004. She pursued her postgraduate training at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, completing an internship in internal medicine in 2005, a residency in neurology in 2008, a clinical fellowship in vascular neurology in 2009 and a clinical and postdoctoral fellowship in vascular neurology in 2010.</p><p>Dr. Kirchoff-Torres&rsquo; particular research interests are in hematological disorders and cerebrovascular disease, pregnancy-related cerebrovascular disease, cerebral hyperperfusion syndrome after carotid revascularization and cardioembolic stroke. Her research has been published in reviewed publications, and she has produced many abstracts and posters. She is also an ad hoc reviewer for several publications, including the <em>American Journal of Neuroradiology</em>, the <em>Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery &amp; Psychiatry</em> and the <em>Journal of Experimental Stroke &amp; Translational Medicine</em>.</p><p>Dr. Kirchoff-Torres has been listed in Castle Connolly Top Doctors for several years. She is board certified in neurology and vascular neurology.</p>

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David M. Kaufman

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<p><span style="font-family: Arial;">David Myland Kaufman, Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, was graduated from the medical school of the University of Chicago and completed training in internal medicine and then neurology at Montefiore Medical Center / Albert Einstein College of Medicine (AECOM) hospitals.&nbsp; During his residency, Dr. Kaufman originated the nation-wide course, which he still directs, Clinical Neurology for Psychiatrists.&nbsp; More than 25,500 psychiatry residents and attendings have attended the course, which has served as the basis for his classic textbook, <em>Clinical Neurology for Psychiatrists</em>, (Elsevier) currently in its eighth edition and available in Italian, Japanese, and Spanish translations. He is also a co-editor of <em>Child and Adolescent Neurology for Psychiatrists</em> (Lippincott).</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial;">Dr. Kaufman has also been a visiting professor at Ben Gurion University, Yale University, Pritzger / University of Chicago, and other American medical schools, and U.S. Naval Medical Centers, as well as a frequent lecturer at AECOM. He is a member of medical school's Leo M. Davidoff Society for excellence in teaching.&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial;">In addition to his educational role at AECOM hospitals, Dr. Kaufman in partnership with Dr. Michael Swerdlow founded the quintessential neurology faculty practice&nbsp; K&amp;S&nbsp; at Montefiore Hospital. K&amp;S is the largest and longest surviving faculty practice in the institution. Drs. Kaufman and Swerdlow also give neurology consultation and attending rounds and supervise neurology clinics at Montefiore. In the clinics and faculty practice, Dr. Kaufman concentrates on the neurologic aspects of psychiatric illness and movement disorders. He works closely with the psychiatrists and, for botulinum treatment of certain dystonias, the neuromuscular group. Dr. Kaufman is the 2007 recipient of Montefiore's Staff and Alumni award for outstanding service.</span></p>

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In addition to his educational role at AECOM and its hospitals, Dr. Kaufman in partnership with Dr. Michael Swerdlow founded the quintessential neurology faculty practice K&amp;S at Montefiore Hospital. K&amp;S is the largest and longest-surviving faculty practice in the institution. Drs. Kaufman and Swerdlow also give neurology consultations and attend rounds and supervise neurology clinics at Montefiore. In the clinics and faculty practice, Dr. Kaufman concentrates on the neurologic aspects of psychiatric illness and movement disorders. He works closely with psychiatrists and, for botulinum treatment of certain dystonia, the neuromuscular group.

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From his research interests, Dr. Kaufman has published clinical studies of central nervous system infections, heroin overdose-induced pulmonary edema, Covid&rsquo;s effect on Parkinson's disease patients, and other topics. He concentrates on teaching medical students in their neuroscience courses, psychiatry and neurology residents, and psychiatrists preparing for their Board examinations.

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<p>Kaufman DM, Geyer HL, Milstein MM: "Kaufman's Clinical Neurology for Psychiatrists," Elsevier, 8th Edition, 2017</p>
<p>Kaufman DM, Smuckler DJ: Neurologic Disease (in) Blumenfeld M, Strain JJ, "Psychosomatics," Lippincott Williams &amp; Wilkins, 2006</p>

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<p>David Kaufman, MD, an attending physician and Professor of Neurology and of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Montefiore Einstein, concentrates on the neurologic aspects of psychiatric illness and movement disorders. He provides neurology consultations for in-patients and out-patients, serves as the attending on consultation and ward rounds, and supervises neurology clinics at Montefiore Einstein. He works closely with psychiatrists and, for botulinum treatment of certain dystopias, the neuromuscular group.</p><p>After earning his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Rochester in 1964, Dr. Kaufman earned his Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Chicago School of Medicine in 1968. He pursued his postdoctoral training at Montefiore, completing his internal medicine internship and residency in 1971. In 1975, he completed the four-year neurology residency at Albert Einstein College of Medicine hospitals. He has been a steadfast member of Montefiore and Einstein communities ever since.</p><p>From his research interests, Dr. Kaufman has published clinical studies of central nervous system infections, heroin overdose-induced pulmonary edema, COVID&rsquo;s effect on Parkinson disease patients, and other topics. He has been a member of editorial boards for Internal Medicine Bulletin and Medical Meetings: Pearls &amp; Perspectives, and a consultant and reviewer for numerous medical journals. He teaches medical students in their neuroscience course, psychiatry and neurology residents, and psychiatrists preparing for their Board examinations. He has been a Visiting Professor at Ben Gurion University, Yale University, Pritzker/University of Chicago, and other American medical schools, and at U.S. Naval Medical Centers, as well as a frequent lecturer at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.</p><p>Dr. Kaufman innovated the long-standing, annual, national course, Clinical Neurology and Psychiatry for Psychiatrists, developed a noteworthy neuropsychiatry seminar and authored the book, <em>Kaufman&rsquo;s Clinical Neurology for Psychiatrists</em>, now in its 9th edition.</p><p>Dr. Kaufman is board certified in Internal Medicine, and Psychiatry and Neurology. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Neurology and the American College of Physicians. He is also a member of the American Neuropsychiatric Association and the Movement Disorder Society. A devoted educator, Dr. Kaufman has received many accolades for his excellence in medical teaching, including induction into the Leo M. Davidoff Society in 1993, the American Academy of Neurology award in 2001 and the Montefiore Staff and Alumni Award in 2007.</p>

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Ester Ilyayeva

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