Yaacov Anziska, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Neurology
Director, Muscular Dystrophy Association Clinic
Clinical Subspecialty:
Neuromuscular disease
Research Interests:HIV-related neuropathy, inflammatory myopathies, sports-related nerve injuries.
Education and Training:- MD: SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
- 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
HIV neuropathy, outcome measures in pediatric neuromuscular disease.
Patient Appointments:Mondays and Wednesdays.
Insurance accepted:
- 1199 Member Choice
- Aetna US Healthcare
- Affinity
- AlphaCare
- Americhoice
- AMERIGROUP & HEALTH PLUS MER
- AMIDA CARE
- Beacon
- CIGNA
- Elderplan
- Empire BCBS
- Fidelis
- GHI
- Healthcare Partners
- Healthfirst
- HIP of New York
- MagnaCare/Magna Health
- Metroplus
- Multiplan
- NY Medicaid
- NY Medicare
- NY Railroad Medicare
- Oxford
- POMCO
- Senior Whole Health
- TriCare
- United Healthcare
- United Healthcare - Empire
- VNS Choice
- Wellcare
Podcast
Select 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.