Rivka Sachdev, M.D.
Locations and Appointments
Parkinson's Disease & Movement Disorders Institute
Neurology at Lower Manhattan
Insurances Accepted
Please contact the doctor's office to verify that your insurance is accepted.
- AETNA
- Aetna - NYP
- CIGNA
- Emblem/Hip
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield Healthplus
- GHI
- Health Insurance Plan of NY (HIP)
- Oxford Health Plans
- United Healthcare
- VNSNY CHOICE
About Rivka Sachdev, M.D.
Rivka Sachdev, MD graduated from Mount Sinai Medical School in New York City. She completed her internal medicine internship at SUNY Downstate and her neurology residency training at Tufts Medical Center in Boston. She then completed a fellowship in Movement Disorders at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City. She remained at Mount Sinai Beth Israel as an attending in Movement Disorders and General Neurology for 9 years, during which time she developed expertise in botulinum toxin chemodenervation therapy for various neurological disorders. Conditions she treats using botulinum toxin include cervical and limb dystonia, blepharospasm and oromandibular dystonia, hemifacial spasm and facial synkinesis, tremor disorders, hypersecretory disorders (including sialorrhea and hyperhidrosis), motor tic disorders, spasticity, and chronic migraine. She joined the neurology faculty at Weill Cornell Medicine in July of 2019 and sees patients at the Lower Manhattan Campus.
Expertise
General Neurology
Movement Disorder
Languages
- English
Titles & Positions
Assistant Attending Neurologist
Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology
Hospital Affiliations
NewYork-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell Medical Center
Titles & Positions
- Assistant Attending Neurologist
- Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology
Languages Spoken
- English