STEVEN M. WOLF, MD
Beth Israel Med Ctr, Dept Ped Neurology 10 Union Square East, Ste 5J New York, NY 10003
Phone:
212-844-6944
Beth Israel Med Ctr, Dept Ped Neurology 10 Union Square East, Ste 5J New York, NY 10003
Phone:
212-844-6944
5 Durham Rd, Ste A-7 Guilford, CT 06437
Phone:
203-453-2181
Montefiore Med Ctr Pediatric Neurology and Epilepsy 111 E 210th St, Fl 4 Bronx, NY 10467
Phone:
718-920-2906
263 7th Ave, Ste 4A Brooklyn, NY 11215
Phone:
718-246-8590
NY-Presby, Child Neurology 180 Fort Washington Ave, rm 542 New York, NY 10032
Phone:
646-426-3876
Brooklyn Hospital Ctr Dept Ped Neurology 240 Willoughby St, Ste 9K Brooklyn, NY 11201
Phone:
718-250-6987
90 Bergen St, Ste 8100 Newark, NJ 07103-2406
Phone:
973-972-2922
Div Pediatric Neurology 410 Lakeville Rd, Ste 105 Lake Success, NY 11042
Phone:
516-465-5255
Meml Sloan-Kettering, Ped Neuro-Onc 1275 York Ave New York, NY 10065
Phone:
212-639-8292
3 E 83rd St New York, NY 10028-0459
Phone:
212-737-4911
A neurologist is a physician who diagnoses and treats disorders of the nervous system which is comprised of the brain, spinal cord and nerves. These doctors do not perform surgery, but refer patients to neurological surgeons when they determine that surgical intervention is necessary.
Some of the conditions that neurologists diagnose and treat are epilepsy, aneurysms, hydrocephalus, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, stroke, spinal disc herniation, and spinal disease.
In addition to using diagnostic tests like MRI, CT scans, EEG and EMG, neurologists also employ neurological testing to gauge muscle strength and movement, balance, reflexes, sensation, memory, speech, and other cognitive abilities.
A Doctor of Medicine (MD) is a medical degree, the meaning of which varies between different jurisdictions. In some countries, the MD denotes a first professional graduate degree awarded upon initial graduation from medical school. In other countries, the MD denotes an academic research doctorate, higher doctorate, honorary doctorate or advanced clinical coursework degree restricted to medical graduates; in those countries, the equivalent first professional degree is titled differently (for example, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery in countries following the tradition of the United Kingdom)
In 1703, the University of Glasgow's first medical graduate, Samuel Benion, was issued with the academic degree of Doctor of Medicine.
University medical education in England culminated with the MB qualification, and in Scotland the MD, until in the mid-19th century the public bodies who regulated medical practice at the time required practitioners in Scotland as well as England to hold the dual Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degrees (MB BS/MBChB/MB BChir/BM BCh etc.). North American medical schools switched to the tradition of the ancient universities of Scotland and began granting the MoD title rather than the MB beginning in the late 18th century. The Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York (which at the time was referred to as King's College of Medicine) was the first American university to grant the MD degree instead of the MB.
Early medical schools in North America that granted the Doctor of Medicine degrees were Columbia, Penn, Harvard, Maryland, and McGill. These first few North American medical schools that were established were (for the most part) founded by physicians and surgeons who had been trained in England and Scotland.
A feminine form, "Doctress of Medicine" or Medicinae Doctrix, has also been used by the New England Female Medical College in Boston in the 1860s. In most countries having a Doctor of Medicine degree does not mean that the individual will be allowed to practice medicine. Typically a doctor must go through a residency (medicine) for at least four years and take some form of licensing examination in their jurisdiction.