Mitchell S. V. Elkind, MD, MS, MPhil
Associate Professor of Neurology
Associate Chair for Clinical Research & Training
Division of Stroke
Email: mse13@columbia.edu
Education:
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
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Associate Professor of Neurology
Associate Chair for Clinical Research & Training
Division of Stroke
Email: mse13@columbia.edu
Education:
- AB: (Philosophy) Harvard College
- MPhil: Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK
- MS: (Epidemiology) Columbia School of Public Health
- MD: Harvard Medical School
- Internship: (Internal Medicine) Brigham and Women's Hospital
- Residency: (Neurology) Massachusetts General Hospital
- Fellowship: (Neuroepidemiology and Cerebrovascular Disease (Stroke Service) Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Insurance: Aetna, Amerigroup Health Plan, CIGNA, Empire BC/BS-Wellchoice & Unicare, Neighborhood Health Providers, Oxford, United Healthcare, 1199, Medicare, Medicaid
*Please verify insurance participation with the physician's office when making an appointment.
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Dr. Mitchell Elkind is an Associate Professor of Neurology at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City and an Assistant Attending Neurologist on the Stroke Service at the New York Presbyterian Hospital. He is also the past Director of the Neurology Residency Training Program. Dr. Elkind received his undergraduate degree from Harvard College and a master's degree in the History and Philosophy of Science from Cambridge University in England. After receiving his medical degree in 1992 from Harvard Medical School, he trained in internal medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, and in neurology at the Massachusetts General Hospital, where he was Chief Resident 1995-6. He completed his master's degree in epidemiology at the Columbia University School of Public Health in 1998, as well as fellowship training in cerebrovascular diseases working with Drs. Ralph Sacco and J. P. Mohr. Dr. Elkind is a co-investigator in the Northern Manhattan Stroke Study, and is the recipient of grants from the American Heart Association (AHA), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study the relationship between infection, inflammation and stroke. He has participated in several clinical trials of acute and preventive stroke therapy, and has lectured extensively on cerebrovascular disease. His clinical work is directed toward the care of patients with stroke. He is the author of a medical student board review text on neurology. He is a member of the American Heart Association, National Stroke Association, and American Academy of Neurology.
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