Biography & Research:
BA in Biological Sciences, cum laude and with Distinction in all subjects, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY - 1971
Phi Beta Kappa, Cornell University - 1971
M.D., NYU School of Medicine, NY,NY - 1975
Internship ( Pediatrics), Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY - July 1975 to June 1976
Resident ( Neurology), NYU Medical Center, NY, NY - July 1976 to June 1979
Chief Resident ( Neurology), Bellevue Hospital Center, NY,NY- July 1978 to June 1979
Physician in Charge (Neurology), Queens Hospital Center, Jamaica, NY - July 1979 to June 1982
Private Practice Neurology, Forest Hills NY - 1982 to present
Attending Neurologist, Long Island Jewish Medical Center - 1979 to 2019
Member, NFL MTBI Committee - 1995 to 2009
Co-Chairman, NFL MTBI Committee - 2007 to 2009
Research interests : head trauma in sports, concussion, CTE with a number of publications