Anusha K Yeshokumar, MD Email Anusha Yeshokumar
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- Positions
- ASSISTANT PROFESSOR | Neurology, Multiple Sclerosis
- ASSISTANT PROFESSOR | Pediatrics
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- Specialties
- Neurology
- Pediatrics
- Child Neurology
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- Language
- English
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- Hospital Affiliation
- The Mount Sinai Hospital
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- Phone
- Corinne Goldsmith Dickinson Center for MS 212-241-6854 212-241-6854
As an autoimmune neurologist, Dr. Yeshokumar cares for patients with autoimmune encephalitis, multiple sclerosis, neuromyelitis optica, neurosarcoidosis, and other autoimmune diseases that affect the central nervous system in children and adults. Her research focuses on understanding outcomes after autoimmune encephalitis and identifying clinical and biologic factors associated with these outcomes. This work, involving numerous national and international collaborations, has been published in medical journals and presented at national and international medical conferences.
Dr. Yeshokumar joined the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in 2017. She received her undergraduate degree from the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, where she majored in Neuroscience. She obtained her MD degree from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia. She completed her pediatrics residency at the Westchester Medical Center, where she won the Dr. Leonard K. Newman Teaching Award and was elected to the Arnold P. Gold Humanism Honor Society for her humanism and excellence in teaching. She completed her neurology residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital, where she was awarded the Frank L. Coulson Jr. Award for Clinical Excellence and the Jay Slotkin Award for Excellence in Research. She was elected chief resident in her final year, during which time she also completed the Science of Clinical Investigation (SOCI) Graduate Training Program through the School of Public Health. She then pursued a combined adult and pediatric fellowship in the Multiple Sclerosis and Neuroimmune Fellowship Program at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, funded by National Multiple Sclerosis Society. In her first year on faculty at Mount Sinai, she received the Department of Neurology’s Excellence in Teaching Award.
Certification
Child Neurology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Clinical Focus
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Neuromyelitis Optica
- Optic Neuritis
Research Topics
Autoimmunity, Demyelination, Glutamate (NMDA & AMPA) Receptors, Health Services Research, Infectious Disease, Multiple Sclerosis, Patient Centered Outcomes Research, Pediatrics
Education
MD, Jefferson Medical College
BA, Johns Hopkins University
Residency, Pediatrics
New York Medical College
Fellowship, Pediatric Neurology
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Fellowship, Multiple Sclerosis and Neuroimmune Program
Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia and University of Pennsylvania
Language
English
2018
Excellence in Teaching Award of Appreciation
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
2016
Miller-Coulson Academy of Clinical Excellence: Frank L. Coulson, Jr. Award
Awarded to one resident in adult or child neurology for clinical excellence
2016
Scholarship to attend 2016 Master MS Fellowship
Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers
2016
Scholarship to attend 4th Annual ECTRIMS Summer School
European Committtee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis
2016
Jay Slotkin Research Award
Awarded to one resident in adult or child neurology for research project or presentation
2016
Scholarship to attend Clinical Fellowship Training Program
National MS Society
2012
Dr. Leonard J. Newman Resident Teaching Award
Awarded to one pediatric resident for excellence in teaching
2012
Arnold J. Gold Foundation: Humanism and Excellence in Teaching Award
Awarded to one pediatric resident for excellence in teaching
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