About
Dr. Russell L. Chin is a neurologist in New York, New York, board certified in Neurology and Electrodiagnostic Medicine. He received his medical degree from the Medical School of the University of Texas Health Sciences Center in San Antonio and completed his neurology residency and a fellowship in Clinical Neurophysiology at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, where he served as Chief Resident. He then completed a clinical fellowship in Peripheral Neuropathy at the Peripheral Neuropathy Center of Weill Cornell Medical College. Dr. Chin practices at Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center, Weill Medical College of Cornell, and Lagos Biofeedback, and speaks English and French. His clinical interests focus on autoimmune neuropathies such as chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy and multifocal motor neuropathy, as well as neuropathies associated with connective tissue disease, celiac disease and infectious diseases. He also treats patients with other neuromuscular conditions including compressive mononeuropathies and motor neuron disease, and serves as director of the EMG Laboratory at the Peripheral Neuropathy Center.
Conditions Treated
- Ataxia
- Peripheral neuropathy
- Neuromuscular disease