Neurological Institute of New York
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The Neurological Institute of New York is the name of:
- The building at 710 W. 168th St. in New York City in the United States of America, constructed in the 1950s.
- The department of academic neurology which occupies that building, affiliated with Columbia University Medical Center, which is itself part of New York Presbyterian Hospital.
The Chair of Neurology is Timothy Pedley, MD; he was preceded by Lewis P. Rowland, Milton Shy, and H. Houston Merritt.
The floors of the building offer a glance into the daily life of the Neuro Institute (or NI, as it is called by the people who work there):
- 14: Chairman's offices and administration
- 13: Muscle division; electromyography. Division head Clifton Gooch, MD.
- 12: Outpatient psychiatry.
- 11: Research floor.
- 10: Biomedical engineering.
- 9: ALS Center. Division head Hiroshi Mitsumoto, MD.
- 8: Physical Therapy.
- 7: Comprehensive Epilepsy Center. Division head
- 6: Stroke and Neurovascular center. Division head Ralph Sacco, MD.
- 5: Spine center.
- 4: Department of Neurosurgery. Division head Robert Solomon, MD.
- 3: Movement Disorders. Division head Stanley Fahn, MD.
- 2: Division of General Neurology. Division head Marcelo Olarte, MD.
- 1: Business offices, residents' call rooms, and NI Alumni Auditorium.
[edit] External links
- Official site of the NINY; redirects to a Columbia University Medical Center page.