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Division of General Neurology

Our Approach to Neurological Disorders

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Nervous system disorders frequently encompass a broad range of intricate and unusual clinical signs and symptoms that can be indicative of numerous types of neurological syndromes. In addition, there are often specific types of conditions that represent amalgams of multiple related disorders. Our Division of General Neurology is universally acclaimed for fielding an elite cadre of academic neurologists with extraordinary clinical acumen, an unusually broad knowledge of the biomedical sciences and an intimate understanding of seminal links between differential diagnosis and the most modern and precision medicine treatment options. Our master diagnosticians specialize in filling the void created by complex disorders of brain and body that frequently have a neurological basis but require practitioners with extraordinary clinical acumen who often uncover the underlying condition that afflicts these selective patients through meticulous diagnostic assessment paradigms and have the ability to implement personalized treatment plans to alleviate disabling and concerning comorbidities.

Our Division of General Neurology serves as an international referral site for patients seeking second opinions about disorders that have confounded experts in medical and neurological subspecialty disciplines worldwide. We are ranked in the top 1% of all hospitals in the nation for Neurology according to U.S. News & World Report.  

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Advanced Treatments

We offer the most advanced, innovative and emerging technologies and paradigms, employing cutting-edge nano- to whole-brain and body molecular, structural and functional imaging modalities, electrophysiological procedures and multi-omics brain and body fluidics that allow us to sculpt initial and evolving diagnostic treatment plans.

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Your Division of General Neurology Team

The Montefiore Einstein Division of General Neurology is home to award-winning, multidisciplinary experts who will develop a highly personalized treatment plan specific to your particular type of neurological disorder.

William R. Sugrue, MD

Assistant Professor, The Saul R. Korey Department of Neurology

Michael L. Swerdlow, MD

Professor, The Saul R. Korey Department of Neurology