Dementia Specialists & Neurologists in New York

The clinicians below are listed as neurologists in the official NPI Registry. This extract does not include separately verified geriatricians or geriatric psychiatrists, so those specialties are not named here. A neurologist listing also does not, by itself, mean the clinician runs a memory-disorders clinic or focuses on Alzheimer’s disease. Always confirm the current practice location, appointment type, and whether the office evaluates cognitive concerns before you travel or share records.

Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of dementia, though it is not the only one. New York public-health agencies have published information on the state’s Alzheimer’s disease burden; use those official pages for statewide context rather than treating this neighborhood list as a prevalence study. CDC overview of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia · New York State Department of Health Alzheimer’s announcement · NYSOFA note on Alzheimer’s prevalence in New York

How to use this directory

Each entry uses the name, street address, specialty, and NPI number published in the clinician’s NPI record. Phone numbers are not included here because they were not part of the verified extract; call the office only after you confirm a current number through the practice, your insurer, or the NPI record itself.

• Treat the address as the NPI-registered location. Some records use a hospital building, administrative office, or apartment-style mailing address rather than a public clinic lobby.
• Verify that the clinician is still in active practice and seeing new adult patients for cognitive evaluation.
• Ask whether a primary-care or emergency-department referral is required.
• Bring a current medication list, prior imaging or lab reports if you have them, and notes on when symptoms began. This page does not tell you what diagnosis you should expect or which tests you need.
• Use the NPI number if an insurer or hospital operator asks you to identify the clinician precisely.

What to ask when you call

A short, specific call usually saves a wasted trip. These questions are logistical, not a script for self-diagnosis:

• Cognitive evaluations: “Do you evaluate adults for memory, language, or thinking changes, or should we request a different neurology clinic?”
• New patients and wait time: “Are you accepting new patients, and what is the typical wait for a first visit?”
• Referral rules: “Do you need a referral from a primary-care clinician, and what records should be faxed in advance?”
• Insurance: “Do you accept this Medicare plan / Medicaid managed-care plan / commercial plan, and is there a facility fee at this address?”
• Who you will see: “Is the first visit with the neurologist named on the NPI record, or with another clinician in the same group?”
• Location: “Is the appointment at the street address on the NPI record, and which building entrance should we use?”
• Visit format: “Is the first appointment in person, and do you offer telehealth follow-up?”
• Companions: “Can a family member join to give collateral history?”
• Language access: “Do you have interpreter services if we need a language other than English?”
• After the visit: “How are results shared, and who coordinates with our primary-care clinician?”

If the office says the neurologist does not see cognitive cases, ask whether another clinician in the same medical group does. Do not use this page, or a phone script, as a substitute for professional medical judgment about symptoms, diagnosis, or treatment.

Washington Heights, Inwood, and Upper Manhattan

These NPI records use addresses along West 168th Street, Fort Washington Avenue, and upper Broadway.

Harlem

This NPI record uses a Malcolm X Boulevard address in New York, NY.

Upper East Side

This NPI record uses an East 95th Street address. Confirm with the office whether that location is a clinical suite or a registered mailing address before you go.

Midtown, Murray Hill, and Kips Bay

These NPI records use East 41st Street, Third Avenue, and First Avenue addresses on Manhattan’s east side.

What this list covers, and what it does not

A neurologist is a physician who evaluates disorders of the brain and nervous system. Families often consult one when memory, language, movement, or other neurologic symptoms need a workup. That is a description of the specialty, not a diagnosis of anyone reading this page and not a claim that every neurologist listed here markets a dementia or Alzheimer’s practice.

This directory does not:

• Recommend one clinician over another
• State that any named doctor treats a particular condition
• Provide diagnostic criteria, test panels, medications, or care-plan advice
• Confirm hospital privileges, board-certification status beyond the NPI specialty label, or current insurance panels
• Speak for any hospital, university, or public clinic that may share a street with these addresses

If you need a geriatrician or geriatric psychiatrist, ask your current clinician or insurer for a referral. Those specialties are not in this verified extract, and inventing names would not help you.

New York support programs and national research centers

Clinical evaluation and long-term support are different tasks. After you have a clinician, some New York households look at publicly described long-term care options. New York operates Managed Long Term Care (MLTC) for certain people who need community-based or nursing-home level services; use the state overview to understand the program’s existence and structure, then confirm eligibility with the state or a plan, not with this page. New York State MLTC program overview

If you are interested in research-oriented assessment rather than (or in addition to) a community neurology visit, the National Institute on Aging funds Alzheimer’s Disease Research Centers and publishes locators for those centers. Listing that national network is not a claim that any New York neurologist named above works at one of those centers. Find an NIA Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center · NIA-funded ADRC program · Alzheimers.gov national research centers

Official New York Alzheimer’s materials and federal overviews can help you understand why so many families are searching for evaluation appointments. They are not a count of patients at any office on this page, and they should not be read as a diagnosis. CDC: About Alzheimer’s disease and dementia