Walter Molofsky, MD Email Walter Molofsky
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- Positions
- ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR | Neurology
- ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR | Pediatrics
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- Specialties
- Neurology
- Pediatrics
- Pediatric Neurology
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- Language
- English
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- Hospital Affiliations
- The Mount Sinai Hospital
- Mount Sinai Beth Israel
- Mount Sinai St. Luke's and Mount Sinai West
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- Phone
- Mount Sinai Doctors Faculty Practice 212-844-6910 212-844-6910
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Dr. Walter Molofsky is the Director of Pediatric Neurology at Mount Sinai Health System and Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Mount Sinai’s outstanding team of 10 pediatric neurologists have specialized interests in epilepsy, movement disorders, stroke, neurobehavioral disorders, multiple sclerosis, and autoimmune encephalitis, as well as general pediatric neurology throughout the Mount Sinai Health System. The division has become a model of the successful integration of the diverse hospitals that now make up the Mount Sinai Health System, and we are delighted with the developments in clinical care, education, and training of our residents.
Dr. Molofsky is considered an expert in the field of neurovascular disease, tics, headaches, neuronatal neurology, neurodevelopmental and neurobehavioral disorders, and general pediatric neurology. He has authored numerous papers on headache, neurovascular disease, and neurobehavioral disorders in children.
Dr. Molofsky maintains an active clinical referral practice and has offices in New York City at Mount Sinai Union Square at10 Union Square, West Orange, NJ, and at ODA Health Center in Brooklyn, NY.
Certifications
Neurology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
American Board of Pediatrics
Clinical Focus
- Arteriovenous Malformations
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Autism
- Bell's Palsy
- Benign Essential Tremor
- Brain Aneurysm
- Brain Malformation
- Brain Tumors, Pediatric
- Cerebral Palsy
- Chronic Migraine
- Epilepsy
- Headache
- Language Development Problems
- Learning Disability
- Lumbar Puncture
- Mental Development Evaluation
- Migraine
- Narcolepsy
- Pediatrics-Seizure Disorder
- Stroke
Education
MD, New York University School of Medicine
Residency, Pediatrics
Columbia University
Residency, Neurology
Columbia University
Language
English
2018
NY Magazine Best Doctors
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Dr.Molofsky did not report having any of the following types of financial relationships with industry during 2018 and/or 2019: consulting, scientific advisory board, industry-sponsored lectures, service on Board of Directors, participation on industry-sponsored committees, equity ownership valued at greater than 5% of a publicly traded company or any value in a privately held company. Please note that this information may differ from information posted on corporate sites due to timing or classification differences.
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