Allan E. Rubenstein, MD - NY IME Doctor

Comprehensive Neurology Services, PC
101 W. 79th Street, #3B
New York, NY 10024

(212) 974-3009  phone
(212) 974-1042  fax

Email:  [email protected]
Website:  http://nyulangone.org/doctors/1164539003/Allan-E-Rubenstein

Neurologist.  Strong Academic Credentials, Numerous Publications, Several Books, 50 depositions, 25 court testimony, 50/50 plaintiff / defense ratio.

Child neurology, adult neurology, hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy, lead poisoning, genetic and developmental disorders of the nervous system, brain tumors, neurodegenerative disorders, stroke.

University of Rochester School of Medicine, 1966 – 1968
Tufts University School of Medicine, 1968 – 1970, M.D., 1970

Intern, Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Harlem Hospital Division, 1970 – 1971

Resident in Neurology, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center
New York Neurological Institute, 1971 – 1974
 

Medical Genetics and Experimental Mammalian Genetics, Jackson Laboratory
Bar Harbor, ME, 1982
 

Mount Sinai Hospital, Neurology:
    1974 - 1981: Assistant Attending
    1982 - 2009: Associate Attending

Beth Israel Hospital, Neurology:
    1974 - 1976: Assistant Attending

Catholic Medical Center of Brooklyn and Queens:
    1974 - 1986: Consultant in Neurology

1997 - Present: Comprehensive Neurology Services, PC Private practice of neurology.

2003 - Present: NexGenix Pharmaceuticals, CEO, part-time Privately-held drug development effort for orphan neurologic disorders.

2009 Clinical Professor of Neurology, NYU School of Medicine
 

Contributed to descriptions of numerous clinical phenomena in NF which expanded the spectrum of the disorder, including learning disability, progressive dural ectasia and adult onset meningocoele, congenital megacolon, congenital melanocytic nevi, benign brainstem tumors, xanthogranuloma, clustering of severe complications in NF kindreds, familial transmission of segmental NF, post-zygotic mutation in twins with NF, unidentified bright objects (UBO’s) on MRI, large deletion phenotype in NF-1, recurrent sporadic mutations in NF-1, and post-radiation malignancy in NF-2.

Organized first genetic counseling program for NF, which included individual and family counseling, crisis intervention, outreach and support groups.

Designated by New York State Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities as only NF outreach and Crisis intervention center in New York State.

Designated as participating center in National NF Foundation pilot project on clinical database for NF; participating center in first multi-center clinical trials for the treatment of NF-1.
 

Neurofibromatosis: A Handbook for Patients, Families and Health Care Professionals.
Edited by Allan E. Rubenstein and Bruce R. Korf. Thieme-Stratton, NY, 1990.

Neurofibromatosis: A Handbook for Patients, Families and Health Care Professionals.2nd Edition. Bruce R. Korf and Allan E. Rubenstein, Thieme, NY, 2005.
 

Developed the first NF specialty rotation for genetic counseling students in the world with Sarah Lawrence College graduate program in Human Genetics and the Mount Sinai Department of Genetics.