Second Opinions 

WHY A SECOND OPINION?
  • To Gain Access, Accommodation, and Maintenance to neurological, medical and mental health care, facilities, and treatments as well as issues relating the ADA, private disability, and Social Security / Medicare.
  • Treatment Options
  • Diagnostic options
  • New, Novel, or Experimental treatments.
​​When might a second opinion be considered
FOR FAMILY:
  • Family members who wish to speak with an expert about their loved ones in high school, college, etc. who have an acute or chronic disease.
  • ON MATTERS of aging and chronic care.
FOR YOURSELF:
  • Doctors not agreed on your diagnosis or pose multiple diagnoses.
  • You feel their uncertainty, discomfort of not knowing.
  • You still feel terrible, and you don't know where to turn or what treatments or operations are best for you
  • You've already spent thousands of dollars on your health and mental health care, and, for a time, have felt better with each new treatment.
  • Now there has been a return of symptoms or it is that you just feel lousy.
What is a diagnostic puzzle?
  • More than a difficult issue. And so I may need to see you in person or remotely.
  • I will remain in contact with you through secure teleconferencing.
  • I can also consult with your family at every step of the way.
  • I can make myself available to help in ways that work for you.
My Specialties: 
  • Neurology
  • Psychopharmacology,
  • Psychoanalysis
  • Neuropsychological Testing​
SECOND OPINIONS IN:
NEUROLOGY 
  • Cognitive decline, Alzheimer's, Memory Loss 
  • Brain Injury
  • Brain Tumors, Epilepsy, Multiple Sclerosis
  • Headache, Vertigo, Neuropathy
  • Movement Disorders
PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
  • Medications
  • Other Treatment Options: e.g., Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Neuromodulation, Ablation, etc.
PSYCHOANALYSIS
  • Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders is the DSM-5-TR (Text Revision),
  • Personality Disorder & Borderline States
  • Neurosis & Psychosomatic Medicine
  • Psychosis & Schizophrenia​
TESTING
  • I will likely suggest testing at a major medical center that has a medical school
  • I have contacts at UC Health (University of Colorado Medical Center at Anschutz)
  • I have contacts in Philadelphia at Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  • I have contacts in New York (NYU) and Boston (Harvard and Tufts)
  • I have contacts in LA (Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, UCLA Health - Ronald Reagan Medical Center) and San Francisco (Stanford, UCSF Health - UCSF Medical Center).
  • I have contacts in Cleveland at the Cleveland Clinic, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center; Columbus The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center (Columbus) 
  • I have contacts at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, Phoenix, Arizona and at the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix.
  • For foreign patients, I have contacts in London and Switzerland. 
  • I can help you arrange for testing at these high quality medical care facilities and then advise, coordinate, and help your local doctors give you the best health and mental health care possible.
  • You may need tests done at a major medical center that has a medical school
  • I have contacts at UC Health (University of Colorado Medical Center at Anschutz)
  • I have contacts in Philadelphia at Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  • I have contacts in New York (NYU) and Boston (Harvard and Tufts)
  • I have contacts in LA (Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, UCLA Health - Ronald Reagan Medical Center) and San Francisco (Stanford, UCSF Health - UCSF Medical Center).
  • I have contacts in Cleveland at the Cleveland Clinic, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center; Columbus The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center (Columbus) 
  • I have contacts at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, Phoenix, Arizona and at the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix.
  • For foreign patients, I have contacts in London and Switzerland. 
  • I can help you arrange for testing at these high quality medical care facilities and then advise, coordinate, and help your local doctors give you the best health and mental health care possible.