Department of Neurology

About:

Clinical subspecialty:

Neuromuscular disease

Research interests:

HIV-related neuropathy, inflammatory myopathies, sports-related nerve injuries.

Education and training:

M.D. - SUNY Downstate Medical Center

Residency in Internal Medicine - Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Residency in Neurology - Neurological Institute, Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital

Fellowship in EMG and Neuromuscular Disease - Neurological Institute

Recent publications:

Verma S, Anziska Y, Cracco J. Review of Duchenne Muscular Dystriphy (DMD) for the Pediatricians in the Community. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2010 Nov; 49(11):1011-7. Epub 2010 Aug 19.

Flint AC, Liberato BB, Anziska Y, Schantz-Dunn J, Wright CB. Meningovascular syphilis as a cause of basilar artery stenosis. Neurology 2005;64:391-2.

Kaufmann P, Gooch CL, Anziska Y, Engelstad K, DiMauro S, and De Vivo DC. Nerve conduction abnormalities in MELAS/3243 patients. Archives of Neurology. 2006;63:746-8.

Anziska Y and Weimer L. Metabolic, immune-mediated, and toxic neuropathies. In Schapira A. (ed.) Neurology: Basic and Clinical Neurosciences. Mosby, Inc: New York, 2006.

Flint AC, Anziska Y, Rausch ME, Herzog TJ, and Williams O. A clinical and radiographic variant of Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome in a nonalcoholic patient. Neurology 2006;67:2015.

Clinical trials in progress:

HIV neuropathy, outcome measures in pediatric neuromuscular disease.

Patient appointments:

Mondays and Wednesdays.

Insurance accepted:

All insurances except Medicaid, Americhoice.