Alejandro Daniel Iglesias, MD

Clinical Genetics and Genomics (MD)
5.0 stars out of five. |36 ratings
Specialties
Pediatrics, Clinical Genetics and Genomics (Md), morespecialties

Locations and Appointments


New Patients
Treats Children

CUIMC/NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital

3959 Broadway
New York, NY 10032
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Insurances Accepted


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  • Aetna Signature Administrators
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • HMO
  • PPO
  • POS
  • EPO
  • NY Signature
  • Student Health
  • Essential Plan
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Special Needs
  • PPO
  • HMO
  • Great West (National)
  • EPO
  • POS
  • Special Needs
  • PPO
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • Select Care (Exchange)
  • Vytra
  • EPO
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • HMO
  • PPO
  • POS
  • ConnectiCare
  • Essential Plan
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Child/Family Health Plus
  • Essential Plan
  • PPO
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • HMO
  • EPO
  • Essential Plan
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • Child/Family Health Plus
  • Leaf (Exchange)
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Child/Family Health Plus
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • Local 1199
  • MagnaCare
  • Traditional Medicare
  • Railroad
  • Multiplan
  • HMO
  • Essential Plan
  • Child/Family Health Plus
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • HMO
  • POS
  • PPO
  • Empire Plan
  • Compass (Exchange)
  • Oxford Liberty
  • Oxford Freedom
  • Oxford HMO
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • Medicaid (Community Plan)
  • SelectHealth
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • Special Needs
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • World Trade Center Health Plan

About Alejandro Daniel Iglesias, MD


Alejandro Iglesias, MD is Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Director of the Inherited Metabolic Program, Program Director of the Medical Genetics Residency program and Attending Physician in the Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics at New York Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center. He is a clinical and biochemical geneticist primarily interested in inherited metabolic disorders and neurogenetics and dysmorphology. In his role as Director of the Inherited Metabolic Program he is deeply involved in all aspects related with the diagnosis, management and overall care of patients and families with these disorders. In addition, he is in charge of the education of young physicians and medical students in the field of IMD.

As an educator, he is in charge of the medical biochemistry lecture series for the first year medical students at the Physicians & Surgeons Medical School at Columbia University paving the way for a new generations of brilliant medical students at Columbia University. Finally, his involvement with the diagnosis and care of patients with X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy has been one of his main accomplishments in the recent years, especially since the introduction of newborn screening in New York State. He has a been involved from the beginning in the development of the program and is active member of the NYS group of metabolic physicians taking care of these patients. In addtion he has been actively involved in all developments asscoiated with newborn screening for Krabbe disease and Pompe disease.

Board Certifications

  • Clinical Biochemical Genetics
  • Clinical Genetics and Genomics (MD)
  • Pediatrics

Languages Spoken

  • Spanish

Specialties & Expertise

  • Autism and Pervasive Develop Disorder
  • Clinical Genetics
  • Clinical Molecular Genetics
  • Developmental Disorders
  • Genetic Disorders
  • Genetic Epilepsies
  • Genetic Muscle Diseases
  • Genetic Screening
  • Genetic Skin Disease
  • Genetic Testing
  • Inborn Error of Metabolism
  • Neurodevelopmental Disabilities
  • Neurogenetics
  • Pediatric Genetics
  • Phenylketonuria (PKU)
  • Reproductive Genetics

EDUCATION

  • Medical School: University of Buenos Aires Faculty of Medicine (Argentina)
  • Internship: Hospital de Pediatria Pedro Elizalde, Buenos Aires Argentina
  • Residency: Jacobi Medical Center
  • Fellowship: Mount Sinai Hospital
  • Fellowship: Mount Sinai Medical Center

LEADERSHIP, TITLES & POSITIONS

  • Associate Professor of Pediatrics at CUMC
  • Program Director Clinical Genetics Residency Program

HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS

  • NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
  • NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital

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