Locations and Appointments
Insurances Accepted
Before your appointment, please contact the doctor's office or your insurance provider to verify that your insurance is accepted. This list of insurances can change, and the insurance plans listed may not be accepted at all office locations for this provider.
- 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
Specialties & Expertise
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
- Did the provider explain things in a way that was easy to understand?
- Did the provider listen carefully to you?
- Did the provider treat you with courtesy and respect?
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