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Thomas H. Brannagan, MD

Neuromuscular Medicine
One of America's Top Doctors - Castle Connolly Top Doctors
Specialties
Neuromuscular Medicine, Neurology, Clinical Neurophysiology, more

Locations and Appointments


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

About Thomas H. Brannagan, MD


Dr. Brannagan is the director of the Peripheral Neuropathy Center and co-director of the EMG laboratory at Columbia University Medical Center. He graduated from the University of Virginia and also received his medical degree from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. He completed his Neurology residency training at the Neurological Institute of Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center between 1991 and 1994. He subsequently did a Neuromuscular EMG fellowship at Columbia, followed by a Neuroimmunology fellowship in the laboratory of Dr. Norman Latov. Prior to returning to Columbia, Dr. Brannagan was the director of the Diabetic Neuropathy Research center at Cornell University in New York City.


He is a member of the American Academy of Neurology, the American Neurological Association, as well as the American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine. He is also a member of the International Society of Amyloidosis and the Peripheral Nerve Society.


He currently sees patients with peripheral neuropathies and does electrodiagnostic studies, as well as conducts clinical research and clinical trials for new treatments for peripheral neuropathy, with a special interest in hereditary transthyretin amyloid polyneuropathy and chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP).


Board Certifications

  • Clinical Neurophysiology
  • Neurology
  • Neuromuscular Medicine

Specialties & Expertise

  • Amyloidosis
  • Electromyography (EMG)
  • Neuropathy
  • Peripheral Neuropathy

Education

  • Fellowship: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
  • Internship: Beth Israel Medical Center
  • Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center

Leadership, Titles & Positions

  • Co-director, Electromyography (EMG) Laboratory
  • Director, Columbia Neuropathy Research Center
  • Director, Peripheral Neuropathy Center
  • Professor of Neurology at CUMC

Hospital Affiliations

  • NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center

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