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Tel: 212-288-8832
Fax:Â 212-257-7003
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About
Practice Area in Depth
Areas of clinical practice (choose one)
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Lyme disease / Neuroborreliosis
Babesia
Bartonella
Anaplasma
​Aseptic meningitis
Brain abscess
Ehrlichia
Relapsing fever (Borrelia quintana)
Rickettsia
Tick-borne encephalitis
Tularemia
Toxoplasma
​Neuroinfectious / Tick Borne Diseases
Neuroinfectious diseases affect the nervous system, from the brain and spinal cord to muscles and nerves. There are a wide range of neuroinfectious diseases, including: meningitis, encephalitis, and neuro-Lyme disease. Treatments for these diseases may include antiviral, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory or anticonvulsive medicines, among other approaches. Treatments in this area are complex and evolving.
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Lyme disease is caused by a bacterial organism that is transmitted to humans via the bite of an infected tick. Ticks can carry many bacteria, viruses, fungi and protozoans all at the same time and transmit them in a single bite. The most common tick-borne diseases in the United States include Lyme disease, babesiosis, anaplasmosis, ehrlichiosis, relapsing fever, tularemia, Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF). Diseases acquired together like this are called co-infections.
Some people with Lyme disease develop a characteristic skin rash around the area of the bite. However, there are those who will not develop the rash, which can make Lyme disease hard to diagnose because its symptoms and signs mimic those of many other diseases.
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Anywhere from 7 to 14 days (or in some cases, 30 days) following an infected tick's bite, the first stage of Lyme disease may begin with flu-like symptoms such as fever, chills, swollen lymph nodes, headaches, fatigue, muscle aches, and joint pain.
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Neurological complications most often occur in the second stage of Lyme disease, with numbness, pain, weakness, Bell's palsy (paralysis of the facial muscles), visual disturbances, and meningitis symptoms such as fever, stiff neck, and severe headache. Other problems, which may not appear until weeks, months, or years after a tick bite, include decreased concentration, irritability, memory and sleep disorders, and nerve damage in the arms and legs.
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PANDAS
PANS
Autism
ADHD / ADD
OCD / Ticks
Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric
Neuropsychiatry is a branch of medicine that deals with mental disorders attributable to diseases of the nervous system. It preceded the current disciplines of psychiatry and neurology, which had common training, however, psychiatry and neurology have subsequently split apart and are typically practiced separately.
PANDAS stands for Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorder Associated with Streptococcus and PANS is an acronym for Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (meaning triggered by things other than Strep, usually a virus). Both are types of Post Infectious Autoimmune Encephalitis, similar to Rheumatic Fever but instead of affecting the heart or other organs, the brain is targeted in PANDAS/PANS.
PANDAS & PANS are characterized by a sudden onset of neurological and psychiatric symptoms such as OCD, intrusive thoughts, irrational fears, behavior regression, separation anxiety, intense anxiety relating to many things, sensory issues, cognitive dysfunction, handwriting deterioration, even anorexia, and more.
If not treated early, varying degrees of disability can persist and more severe symptom flare ups are likely with re-infection of Strep or certain viruses.
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Infections Induced Autoimmune Disorders
Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP)
Myalgic encephalitis (ME)
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)
Coxsackie B virus (CVB
An autoimmune disease is a condition in which your immune system mistakenly attacks your body. The immune system normally guards against germs like bacteria and viruses. When it senses these foreign invaders, it sends out an army of fighter cells to attack them. Normally, the immune system can tell the difference between foreign cells and your own cells.
In an autoimmune disease, the immune system mistakes part of your body — like your joints or skin — as foreign. It releases proteins called autoantibodies that attack healthy cells.
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Because the incidence of autoimmune diseases is rising, researchers suspect environmental factors like infections and exposures to chemicals or solvents might also be involved (1).
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Autoimmune encephalitis refers to a group of conditions that occur when the body's immune systemmistakenly attacks healthy brain cells, leading to inflammation of the brain. People with autoimmune encephalitis may have various neurologic and/or psychiatric symptoms.
Neurologic symptoms may include impaired memory and cognition, abnormal movements, seizures, and/or problems with balance, speech, or vision.[1][2] Psychiatric symptoms may include psychosis, aggression, inappropriate sexual behaviors, panic attacks, compulsive behaviors, euphoria or fear.
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Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) is a neurological disorder characterized by progressive weakness and impaired sensory function in the legs and arms. The disorder, which is sometimes called chronic relapsing polyneuropathy, is caused by damage to the myelin sheath (the fatty covering that wraps around and protects nerve fibers) of the peripheral nerves. Although it can occur at any age and in both genders, CIDP is more common in young adults, and in men more so than women. It often presents with symptoms that include tingling or numbness (beginning in the toes and fingers), weakness of the arms and legs, loss of deep tendon reflexes (areflexia), fatigue, and abnormal sensations. CIDP is closely related to Guillain-Barre syndrome and it is considered the chronic counterpart of that acute disease.
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Neuroimmunology
Autoimmune Encephalitis
Chronic demyelinating polyneuropathy
Other immune mediated disorders of the peripheral nervous system
Neuroimmunological disorders consist of diseases in which the immune system seems to attack the nervous system (central or peripheral). Diagnosis of neuroimmunological disorders requires detailed clinical evaluation and appropriately targeted diagnostic testing, such as neurophysiologic testing, neuro-imaging, blood tests and sometimes cerebrospinal fluid assessment. Treatment usually targets the abnormal immune response, directly addressing the disorder, or can be directed at easing symptoms.
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Chronic fatigue
Fibromyalgia
Intractable headaches
Memory disturbance
Hormone imbalance
Thyroid
Adrenal
Pituitary and reproductive hormones
Systemic Disease
A systemic disease is one that affects a number of organs and tissues or affects the body as a whole. Examples of systemic diseases include: mastocytosis, including mast cell activation syndrome, chronic fatigue syndrome, systemic vasculitis, ​fibromyalgia​, coeliac disease​, and myasthenia gravis
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Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), also referred to as myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), is a medical condition characterized by long-term fatigue and other long-term symptoms that limit a person's ability to carry out ordinary daily activities.[3][9] While the cause is not understood, proposed mechanisms include biological, genetic, infectious and psychological
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Fibromyalgia (FM) is a medical condition characterised by chronic widespread pain and a heightened pain response to pressure. Other symptoms include tirednessto a degree that normal activities are affected, sleep problems and troubles with memory. Some people also report restless legs syndrome, bowel or bladder problems, numbness and tingling and sensitivity to noise, lights or temperature. Fibromyalgia is frequently associated with depression, anxiety and posttraumatic stress disorder.[4] The cause of fibromyalgia is unknown; however, it is believed to involve a combination of genetic and environmental factors, with each playing a substantial role.
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Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) By correcting age-related hormone decline with appropriate doses of key bioidentical hormones like testosterone, estrogen, and progesterone, we can give you the balanced body chemistry of a much younger person. This will not only relieve andropause and menopause symptoms, but also promote better overall health and function in the body. Using the results of lab tests and your description of your symptoms, we’ll work hard to optimize your hormone levels so you can look and feel your best.
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Mold
Heavy Metals
Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (CIRS)​
MARCoNS
Parasite
Mycotoxicosis
Mycotoxicoses are acute or chronic pathological conditions caused by the ingestion of toxic fungal metabolites. Contamination of food and animal feed with mycotoxins reaches 30%, which causes significant economic damage to agriculture and poses a serious danger to the health of consumers of agricultural products. Mycotoxins have carcinogenic, mutagenic, embryotoxic, allergic, immunosuppressive effects – all this makes the problem of mycotoxicosis interdisciplinary and extremely relevant in modern conditions.