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Locations and Appointments
CUIMC/Harkness Pavilion
ColumbiaDoctors - West 86th Street
Insurances Accepted
Please contact the doctor's office directly to verify that your particular insurance is accepted.
About Arezou Heshmati, MD
Arezou Heshmati, MD is an associate professor of neurology and pediatrics at the CUIMC, in the Department of Neurology, Division of Child Neurology. Dr. Heshmati completed medical school at Tehran University of Medical Sciences. She underwent pediatric neurology residency training at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, and fellowship training in Sleep Medicine at Wayne State University. Previoulsy, Dr. Heshmati practiced pediatric neurology and sleep medicine as an assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Missouri in Kansas City, where she developed a clinical and research interest in pediatric sleep disorders and narcolepsy patients. She is board certified in Pediatrics, Sleep Medicine, and Neurology with special qualification in Child Neurology. Dr. Heshmati sees both inpatient and outpatient pediatric neurology patients, and is developing and expanding a Pediatric Neurology Sleep Program at Columbia University Irving Medical Center.
Board Certifications
- Child Neurology
- Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology
- Pediatrics
- Sleep Medicine
Languages Spoken
- Farsi
Specialties & Expertise
- ADHD In Children, Adolescents and College Students
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Behavioral Sleep Medicine
- Bell's Palsy
- Child Neurology
- Developmental Disorder
- Excessive Daytime Sleepiness
- Headache
- Hyperactivity
- Insomnia
- Language Delay
- Language Problems
- Learning Disabilities
- Migraines
- Narcolepsy
- Pediatric Sleep Disorders
- Seizures
- Sleep Apnea
- Sleep Disorder
- Sleep Disorder, Circadian, Delayed Sleep Phase Type
- Sleep Disorders
- Sleep Disorders In Children
- Sleep Medicine
- Sleep Terrors
- Sleepiness
- Sleepwalking
- Snoring
- Tourette's Disorder
Education
- Fellowship: Detroit Medical Center
- Residency: Sparrow Hospital
- Residency: Children's Medical Center (Iran)
- Residency: Massachuetts General Hospital
- Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital-Harvard Univ.
Leadership, Titles & Positions
- Associate Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics at CUMC
Hospital Affiliations
- NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
- NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital