Zachary Grinspan, M.D., M.S.
Zachary Grinspan, M.D., M.S.

Zachary Grinspan, M.D., M.S.

Pediatric Neurology
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Specialties
Pediatric Neurology, more

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Child Neurology

505 East 70th Street
Helmsley Tower, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10021
US
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About Zachary Grinspan, M.D., M.S.

Dr. Zachary Grinspan is the Interim Chief of Child Neurology and Director of the Pediatric Epilepsy Program at Weill Cornell Medicine and the NewYork-Presbyterian Komansky Children's Hospital at Weill Cornell Medical Center. He is an Associate Professor in Pediatrics and in Population Health Sciences, and holds a Masters of Science in Biostatistics. He is also a Nanette Laitman Clinical Scholar at Weill Cornell Medicine.


Dr. Grinspan received his undergraduate degree from Yale University and his medical degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. He completed a residency in Pediatrics at the Mass General Hospital for Children in Boston, a residency in child neurology at Columbia University Medical Center in New York City, and a fellowship in Clinical Neurophysiology at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx in 2011. He then completed a post-doctoral research program in quality of care and clinical informatics at Weill Cornell Medicine, funded through the National Institutes of Health Neurologic Science Academic Development Award (NIH K12 NSADA). He is board certified in Pediatrics and Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology.


A national leader in pediatric epilepsy research, he has more than 100 published research articles including collaborations with international experts across multiple disciplines (epilepsy, emergency medicine, critical care, health services research, informatics, biostatistics, machine learning, engineering, and economics). He leads several large multi-centered research projects supported including a CDC funded study of the epidemiology of rare epilepsies in New York City, a 25-center grant to build a national learning healthcare system for pediatric epilepsy, and an NIH study to study seizures in newborns.


Board Certifications

  • Neurology With Special Qualifications In Child Neurology
  • Pediatrics
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Expertise

  • Pediatric Epilepsy

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Education

  • Degrees: Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University

  • Degrees: Columbia University, School of Public Health

  • Degrees: Yale University

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Titles & Positions

  • Associate Attending Pediatrician

  • Associate Professor of Pediatrics

  • Associate Professor of Population Health Sciences

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Hospital Affiliations

  • NewYork-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell Medical Center

  • NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital

Education

  • Degrees: Yale University
  • Degrees: Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University
  • Degrees: Columbia University, School of Public Health

Titles & Positions

  • Associate Attending Pediatrician
  • Associate Professor of Pediatrics
  • Associate Professor of Population Health Sciences

Board Certifications

  • Neurology With Special Qualifications In Child Neurology
  • Pediatrics

Languages Spoken

  • English