About Dr. Weinberg
Dr. Harold Weinberg specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of a wide range of neurological conditions including headaches, cervical and lumbar spine disorders, multiple sclerosis and memory loss. He is an expert in neuromuscular diseases such as peripheral neuropathy and myasthenia gravis.
He is affiliated with the NYU Langone Medical Center and is a Clinical Professor of Neurology at the NYU School of Medicine, where he has been a member of the faculty since 1983. He is board certified in Adult Neurology and in Electrodiagnostic Medicine.
Dr. Weinberg is a graduate of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine where he received both M.D. and Ph.D. degrees. After graduation, he trained in Internal Medicine at New York Hospital/Cornell University Medical Center, and completed a residency in Neurology and was the Muscular Dystrophy Association Fellow in Neuromuscular Disease at the Neurological Institute of the Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center.
He has been selected as one of New York Magazine’s Top Doctors for over ten years, and has also received the Volunteer Clinical Faculty Award from the New York University School of Medicine. His office is on the east side of Manhattan, close to the NYU Langone Medical Center and the United Nations.
Education
M.D. Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1978
Ph.D. Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1978 (neuropathology)
M.S. Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1977 (pathology)
B.A. State University of New York, Buffalo, 1972
Postgraduate Training
Clinical Fellow, Muscular Dystrophy Association, Neurological Institute of New York, 1981-1982
Resident in Neurology, Neurological Institute of New York, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, 1979-1981
Medical Intern, New York Hospital/Cornell University Medical Center, 1978-1979
Faculty/Hospital Positions
Clinical Professor of Neurology, New York University School of Medicine, 2002-present
Clinical Associate Professor of Neurology, New York University School of Medicine, 1990-2002
Assistant Professor of Neurology, New York University School of Medicine, 1983-1989
Attending Physician, Tisch Hospital/New York University Medical Center, 1994-present
Board Certification
National Board of Medical Examiners, 1979
American Board of Neurology and Psychiatry (Neurology), 1983
American Association of Electromyography and Electrodiagnosis, 1984
American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine, 1989
Professional Societies
American Academy of Neurology
New York County Medical Society
American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine
Honors and Awards
Weil Award, American Association of Neuropathology, 1975
Alpha Omega Alpha, 1978
Phi Beta Kappa, 1972
Administrative Experience
Chair, Executive Committee of the Medical Board, NYU Medical Center, 2006-2008
Board of Managers, University MSO, 1998-present
Executive Committee, University Physicians Network, NYU Medical Center, 1996-present
Board of Directors, University Physicians Network, NYU Medical Center, 1996-present
Treasurer, University Physicians Network, NYU Medical Center, 1996-present
Neurology Department Representative, University Physicians Network, NYU Medical Center, 1996-present
Dissertation: Axonal Regulation of Myelinogenesis, 1978
Weinberg, H.J. and P.S. Spencer (1975). Studies on the control
of myelinogenisis. l. Myelination of regenerating axons after
entry into a foreign unmyelinated nerve, J. Neurocytol. 4:395-418.
Weinberg, H.J. , P.S. Spencer, and C.S. Raine (1975). Aberrant PNS
development indystrophic mice, Brian Res. 88: 532-537
Spencer, P.S., H.J. Weinberg, C.S. Raine, and J.W. Prineas (1975).
The perineural window-a new model of focal demyelination and
remyelination , Brian Res. 96:323-329.
Weinberg, H.J. and P.S. Spencer (1976). Studies on the control
of myelinogenesis. l . Evidence for neuronal regulation of
myelination, Brian Res. 113:363-378
Weinberg, H.J. and P.S. Spencer (1978). The fate of Schwann Cells
isolated from axonal contact, J. Neurocytol. 7:555-569.
Spencer, P.S. and H.J. Weinberg (1978). Axonal specification of
Schwann cell expression and myelination, pp. 389-405 in “The
Physiology and Pathobiology of Axons”, Waxman, S., ed. Raven
Press, New York
Spencer, P.S., H.J. Weinberg, V. Krygier-Brevart, and V. Zabrenetzky
(1979). An “in vivo” method to prepare normal Schwann cells
free of axon and myelin, Brian Res. 165:119-126.
Burke, R.E., S. Fahn, R. Mayeux, H.J. Weinberg, K. Louis, and
J. Willner (1981). Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome caused by
dopamine-depleting drugs in a patient with Huntington Disease,
Neurology 31:1022-1026.
Weinberg, H.J. (1983). Diagnosis and management of Myasthenia Gravis.
Directions in Psychiatry 3 (Lesson 25) 1-7.
Mandell, S., Wernz, J., Morales, P., Weinberg, H., and
Steinfeld, A. (1985). Carcinomatous meningitis from transitional
cell carcinoma of bladder, Urology 25:520-1
Weinberg, H.J. (1985). Management of the patient with worsening
Myasthenia, Neuroviews Vol. 1, number 2:5-8
Ilmoniemi, RJ; Williamson, SJ; Kaufman, L; Weinberg, HJ; Boyd, AD (1988)
METHOD FOR LOCATING A SMALL MAGNETIC OBJECT IN THE HUMAN-BODY, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering JUL;35(7):561-564,
BESSEN, LJ; GREENE, JB; LOUIE, E; SEITZMAN, P; WEINBERG, H
(1988) SEVERE POLYMYOSITIS-LIKE SYNDROME ASSOCIATED WITH ZIDOVUDINE THERAPY OF AIDS AND ARC, New England Journal of Medciine MAR 17;318(11):708-708,
Weinberg, H.J. (1992). Natural history and non-operative management,
pp. 159-166 in “Degenerative disease of the cervical spine”,
Cooper, P.R. ed. American Association of Neurological Surgeons.
Kupersmith MJ; Moster M; Bhuiyan S; Warren F; Weinberg H (1996), Beneficial effects of corticosteroids on ocular myasthenia gravis, Archives of Neurology, Aug;53(8):802-4,
Neamtu,L.,Belmont, M., Miller, D.C.,Leroux, P., Weinberg, H.J.,and Zagzag ,D. (2001)Rheumatoid disease of the CNS with meningeal vasculitis presenting with a seizure,Neurology 56: 814-a-815-a.
Graber, JJ; Kister, I; Gruber, MCL; Warren, FA; Weinberg, HJ; Neophytides, AN; Inglese, M; Zagzag, D; Herbert, J (2009), Predictors of Multiple Sclerosis Following Clinically Isolated Syndrome with a Tumefactive Demyelinating Lesion [Abstract] Neurology 72:(11):A78-A78