Joshua Z. Willey, MD
Joshua Z. Willey, MD
One of America's Top Doctors - Castle Connolly Top Doctors
Rated one of New York Magazine's Best Doctors

Joshua Z. Willey, MD

Stroke & Cerebrovascular Neurology
One of America's Top Doctors - Castle Connolly Top Doctors
Rated one of New York Magazine's Best Doctors
Specialties
Neurology, Stroke & Cerebrovascular Neurology, more

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CUIMC/Neurological Institute of New York

710 West 168th Street
New York, NY 10032
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  • AETNA
  • Affinity Health Plan
  • CIGNA
  • Emblem/GHI
  • Emblem/Hip
  • Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield Healthplus
  • Fidelis Care
  • Healthfirst
  • Local 1199
  • Magnacare (National)
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  • Multiplan
  • MVP Health Care
  • Quality Health Management
  • RiverSpring
  • UnitedHealthcare
  • VNSNY CHOICE
  • WellCare
  • World Trade Center Health Plan

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About Joshua Z. Willey, MD

Dr. Joshua Willey is an Daniel Sciarra Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology at the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City and Attending Neurologist on the Stroke Service at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. Dr. Willey received his undergraduate degree from Cornell University in 1999, his medical degree from Columbia University in 2003. After Neurology Residency at Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital, he completed a two-year neuro-epidemiology and stroke fellowship at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical center, when he also earned an MS in epidemiology. He joined the faculty of Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons in 2009.


Dr. Willey has an outpatient clinical practice in neurology with a focus on cerebrovascular diseases and stroke, and attends on the inpatient stroke service.


He is actively involved in teaching of non-medical students in the health sciences campus, medical students in the pre-clinical and clinical years, and neurology residents and fellows. Dr. Willey is the vascular neurology fellowship program director, and co-director of the near-epidemiology training program.


Board Certifications

  • Neurology
  • Vascular Neurology
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Expertise

  • Cerebrovascular Disease

  • Stroke

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Education

  • Fellowship: Columbia University Medical Center

  • Internship: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center

  • Medical School: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

  • Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center

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Languages

  • Spanish
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Titles & Positions

  • Daniel Sciarra Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology at the CUMC

  • Medical Director of the NYP-Columbia Comprehensive Stroke Center

  • Vascular Neurology Fellowship Program Director

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Hospital Affiliations

  • NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center

  • NewYork-Presbyterian Westchester

Education

  • Fellowship: Columbia University Medical Center
  • Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
  • Medical School: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
  • Internship: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center

Awards & Honors

  • Fellow American Heart Association
  • Fellow, American Neurological Association
  • Gold Humanism Society Student Teaching Award
  • Lewis P Rowland Residency Teaching Award

Titles & Positions

  • Daniel Sciarra Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology at the CUMC
  • Medical Director of the NYP-Columbia Comprehensive Stroke Center
  • Vascular Neurology Fellowship Program Director

Board Certifications

  • Neurology
  • Vascular Neurology

Languages Spoken

  • Spanish