Aya Haggiagi, MD

Neuro-Oncology
Specialties
Neurology, Neuro-Oncology, more

Locations and Appointments


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CUIMC/Neurological Institute of New York

710 West 168th Street
New York, NY 10032
US
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Insurances Accepted


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    Aetna Signature Administrators
    NY Signature
    Student Health
    PPO
    Special Needs
    Great West (National)
    Medicare Managed Care
    EPO
    POS
    HMO
    PPO
    Medicare Managed Care
    Essential Plan
    Vytra
    POS
    Select Care (Exchange)
    Local 1199
    NYP Employee Plan
    Traditional Medicare
    Railroad
    Multiplan
    PPO
    HMO
    Empire Plan
    POS
    Compass (Exchange)
    Oxford HMO
    Oxford Liberty
    Oxford Freedom
    Medicare Managed Care
    SelectHealth
    World Trade Center Health Plan
    Aetna Signature Administrators
    NY Signature
    Student Health
    PPO
    Special Needs
    Great West (National)
    Medicare Managed Care
    EPO
    POS
    HMO
    PPO
    Medicare Managed Care
    Essential Plan
    Vytra
    POS
    Select Care (Exchange)
    Local 1199
    NYP Employee Plan
    Traditional Medicare
    Railroad
    Multiplan
    PPO
    HMO
    Empire Plan
    POS
    Compass (Exchange)
    Oxford HMO
    Oxford Liberty
    Oxford Freedom
    Medicare Managed Care
    SelectHealth
    World Trade Center Health Plan

About Aya Haggiagi, MD


Aya Haggiagi, MD is an assistant professor of neurology at CUIMC, in the Division of Neuro-Oncology. Dr. Haggiagi is board certified in Neurology and Neuro-Oncology. She graduated with highest honors from the University of Al-Fateh School of Medicine in Tripoli, Libya. She subsequently completed a postdoctoral research fellowship in the Department of Pathology and Cell Biology at Columbia, under the mentorship of Dr. Michael Shelanski, where her research focused on biochemical and genetic changes in neurofibrillary tangle predominant dementia. Dr. Haggiagi then pursued her medicine internship training at Westchester Medical Center, followed by neurology residency at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center. After residency, she completed a two-year fellowship in Neuro-Oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.


Dr. Haggiagi was an attending physician and an investigator at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center prior to returning to NYP/CUIMC. She is the recipient of the Society for Neuro-Oncology 2017 Best Abstract Award. Her research interests include the development of clinical trials, precision medicine, and neurologic complications of immunotherapy.


Board Certifications

  • Neurology

Specialties & Expertise

  • Anaplastic Gliomas
  • Brain Metastases
  • Brain Tumor
  • Cancer Immunotherapy
  • Central Nervous System Tumors
  • Ependymoma
  • Glioblastoma
  • Gliomas
  • Leptomeningeal metastases
  • Meningioma
  • Paraneoplastic Syndromes
  • Spinal Cord Tumor

Education

  • Fellowship: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
  • Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
  • Internship: Westchester Medical Center
  • Fellowship: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership, Titles & Positions

  • Assistant Professor of Neurology at CUMC

Hospital Affiliations

  • NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center

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