Matthew B. Harms, MD

Matthew B. Harms, MD

Neuromuscular Medicine
5.0 stars out of five. |81 ratings
Specialties
Neuromuscular Medicine, Neurology, morespecialties

Locations and Appointments


CUIMC/Neurological Institute of New York

710 West 168th Street
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
  • Individual Network (Exchange)
  • 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
  • Multiplan
  • HMO
  • Essential Plan
  • Child/Family Health Plus
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • HMO
  • POS
  • PPO
  • Empire Plan
  • 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 Matthew B. Harms, MD


Matthew B. Harms, MD, is Professor of Neurology and a neurogeneticist at Columbia University Irving Medical Center in New York City. He earned his undergraduate degree in Biology from Harvard University and his medical degree from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), where he also completed his neurology residency and served as chief resident. He subsequently completed fellowships in clinical neurophysiology and neurogenetics at Washington University in St. Louis, where he joined the faculty before moving to Columbia University in 2015.

Dr. Harms is Associate Director of the Eleanor and Lou Gehrig ALS Center and Director of the Program in Neurogenetics at Columbia. His research focuses on identifying the genetic causes of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and related motor neuron disorders, understanding genotype–phenotype relationships, interpreting rare genetic variants, and studying individuals who carry ALS-associated genetic variants before symptom onset.

He serves in leadership roles within the Clinical Genome Resource (ClinGen), including as Co-Chair of the Neurological Disorders Clinical Domain Working Group and Chair of the ALS and Related Motor Neuron Disease Gene and Variant Curation Expert Panels. He also serves on the scientific advisory board of the Network for Excellence in ALS Research (NEALS). He is also the Editor-in-Chief of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration.

Board Certifications

  • Clinical Neurophysiology
  • Neurology
  • Neuromuscular Medicine

Specialties & Expertise

  • ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis)
  • Becker Muscular Dystrophy (BMD)
  • Clinical Research
  • Congenital Muscular Dystrophy (CMD)
  • Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD)
  • Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy (FSHD)
  • Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy (LGMD)
  • Lou Gehrig's Disease
  • Metabolic Myopathy
  • Mitochondrial Diseases
  • Muscular Dystrophy
  • Myofibrillar Myopathy
  • Myopathy
  • Neurogenetics
  • Peripheral Neuropathy

EDUCATION

  • Internship: University of California San Francisco Medical Center
  • Residency: University of California San Francisco Medical Center
  • Fellowship: Barnes Jewish Hospital
  • Fellowship: Barnes Jewish Hospital/Washington University

LEADERSHIP, TITLES & POSITIONS

  • Professor of Neurology at the CUMC

HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS

  • NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Patient Experience Rating


Current Combined Rating
5.0 stars out of five. |81 ratings
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