Alan Segal MD

About

Dr. Alan Z Segal is a neurologist in New York, New York, board certified in Neurology, Sleep Medicine and Vascular Neurology. He trained at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and completed postgraduate training at Massachusetts General Hospital in Internal Medicine, Neurology, and Stroke and Neurocritical Care. Dr. Segal practices at Weill Medical College of Cornell, NYH Cumc Department of Neurology, where he founded and developed the New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Stroke program and supervised the hospital's designation as a New York State Primary Stroke Center. His stroke practice includes acute stroke management with intravenous rtPA and intra-arterial therapies such as thrombolysis and mechanical clot extraction, and he has collaborated extensively with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center on research into the relationship between stroke and cancer. In 2010, Dr. Segal expanded into sleep medicine and now practices at the Weill Cornell Sleep Disorders Center, treating the full spectrum of sleep disorders including sleep apnea, insomnia, narcolepsy and restless legs syndrome, often in collaboration with psychologists and pulmonologists. He also accepts referrals for general outpatient neurology consultations. Dr. Segal speaks English and Spanish.