Locations and Appointments
New Patients
CUIMC/Neurological Institute of New York
Insurances Accepted
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About Michio Hirano, MD
Dr. Hirano received his B.A. from Harvard College and M.D. from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. At the Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC), he did his neurology residency training and a post-doctoral fellowship in neuromuscular genetics under Drs. Salvatore DiMauro and Eric Schon.
Currently, Dr. Hirano serves as Chief of the Neuromuscular Medicine Division, Director of the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) Clinic at Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC), and Director of the H. Houston Merritt Center for Muscular Dystrophy and Related Diseases. He evaluated patients with myopathies and other neuromuscular disorders.
Board Certifications
- Neurology
- Neuromuscular Medicine
Specialties & Expertise
- Muscular Dystrophy
- Myasthenia Gravis
- Myoneural Disorder
- Myopathy
- Neurometabolic Disorder
- Neuromuscular Disease
- Neuromuscular junction disorders
Education
- Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University
- Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
- Fellowship: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
Leadership, Titles & Positions
- Chief, Division of Neuromuscular Medicine
- Director, H. Houston Merritt Center for Muscular Dystrophy and Related Disease Columbia University Irving Medical Center
- Director, Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) Clinic at Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC)
- Lucy G. Moses Professor of Neurology
Hospital Affiliations
- NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
