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Patient Offices

Address
Levit Medical Center
1220 Avenue P
Brooklyn , NY 11229
Tel
718-376-1004
Office Hours
Monday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Disabled Access
Yes

Insurance Plans Accepted

  • 1199 National Benefit Fund
  • Aetna Indeminty
  • Aetna U.S. Healthcare
  • Aetna U.S. Healthcare - HMO
  • Blue Choice
  • Blue Choice - HMO
  • Blue Cross/ Blue Shield
  • Blue Cross/ Blue Shield - HMO
  • Blue Shield Wrap Around Plus
  • CIGNA - Indemnity
  • CIGNA Healthcare HMO
  • Cigna
  • Empire Blue Cross/ Blue Shield - HMO
  • Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield
  • Empire Plan/UHC
  • First Health
  • Group Health Insurance (GHI) - HMO
  • Group Health Insurance, Inc.
  • HIP of New Jersey
  • HIP of New Jersey - HMO
  • Health Insurance Plan (HIP)
  • Health Insurance Plan (HIP) - HMO
  • HealthSource NY/NJ
  • Healthfirst
  • Island Group
  • Magnacare
  • MultiPlan, Inc.
  • Oxford Health Plans
  • PHS/Healthnet/Guardian
  • Prem Preferred Care/Beechstreet
  • Prudential Healthcare: a member company of Aetna
  • United Healthcare

Disclaimer - Please note that the insurance accepted list may not be complete. Prior to scheduling an appointment, please contact the doctors' office to verify their participation in your plan.

Business Offices

Address
Annenberg Building Floor 21 Room 44
1468 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10029
Tel
212-241-1671

Yousaf Ali

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR  Medicine, Rheumatology

Overview

Specialty Internal Medicine
Subspecialty Rheumatology
Clinical Interests Rheumatoid Arthritis
  Osteoporosis
  Gout
  Rheumatology
Gender Male
E-mail yousaf.ali@mssm.edu
Education and Training BM, Royal Free Hospital Sch of Medicine
  Fellowship, Yale University
  Residency, Oregon Health and Science University
  MD, Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine. University of London
  Residency, Internal Medicine, Oregon Health Sciences University
Awards 2007 - 2008
Best Doctors in Rhode Island
Peer Award
  2006 - 2006
Beckwith Family Award for outstanding teaching
Brown University
  2004 - 2004
Teaching Recognition Award
Brown university
  2001 - 2001
Preceptor Award
Brown University

Dr. Ali is a graduate of the Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine in London. After 2 years of postgraduate training in the UK he moved to the US and completed Internal Medicine training at OHSU in Portland, Oregon. he then trained in Rheumatology at Yale University and is board certified in both Rheumatology and Internal Medicine.

He was in Practice in providence Rhode Island for 9 years where he was an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at brown university and recieved many awards including the prestigious Beckwith Family award for outstanding teaching.

He has published many articles and book chapters and has lectured widely on Rheumatoid arthritis, Osteoporosis, Gout, SLE, Osteoarthritis and the development and study of Novel Biologic therapeutics.

Training

Education and Training BM, Royal Free Hospital Sch of Medicine
  Fellowship, Yale University
  Residency, Oregon Health and Science University
  MD, Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine. University of London
  Residency, Internal Medicine, Oregon Health Sciences University
Board Certification Internal Medicine
  Rheumatology

Clinical Practice

Specialty Internal Medicine
Subspecialty Rheumatology
Clinical Interests Rheumatoid Arthritis
  Osteoporosis
  Gout
  Rheumatology
Board Certification Internal Medicine
  Rheumatology

Publications

Hyaluronan Injections for Osteoarthritis of the Knee [review]. Med Lett Drugs Ther. 1998 July; 40(1030): 69-70.


Refractory Scleritis Associated with Hepatitis C and Cyroglobulinemia. J Clinical Rheumatology (case report) 1999 December;.


Acute pseudogout following intr-articular injection of high molecular weight hyaluronic acid. Am J Med (case report) 1999 December ; 107(6): 641-642.


Infliximab induced SLE. Annals Internal Medicine (letter to the editor) 2002 October; 137(7): 625-626.


Always trust your gut feeling. Lancet (letter to editor) 2005 Mar- Apr; 365(3465): 1201.


Successful treatment of refractory sarcoid associated uveitis with Inflixmab. Annals Internal Medicine (case report) 2004 June; 140(11): w70.


'Evaluation of the patient with Musculoskeletal symptoms' and 'Crystal Arthritis and other Arthritides'. In: Crystal Arthritis and other Arthritides Hand Surgery. LWW Book; pp625-628.


Primary Care for Women. In: Crystal induced Arthritis: Gout and Pseudogout . Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2nd Edition; pp633-636.


Self Assessment Questions in Rheumatology . Humana Press;.


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