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Programs and Services

Comprehensive care is offered to patients through robust sub-specialty clinical programs:

  • The Epilepsy In-Patient Monitoring Unit is one of six specially designated centers in the state of New York.
  • The Headache Unit, more than half a century old, is the first facility of its kind in the country.
  • The Sleep Wake Disorders Center is the first dedicated center to be accredited by the American Sleep Disorders Association. A close relationship and joint programs with Rehabilitation Medicine ensure continuity of care for patients with neurologic disabilities.

Other sub-specialty programs include:

  • Clinical Neurophysiology (e.g., EEG, EMG, Evoked Potentials, Sleep Medicine)
  • Epilepsy
  • Headache
  • Movement Disorders (e.g., Parkinson’s Disease, Huntington’s Disease, Botulinum Toxin treatment for dystonias, spasmodic torticollis, and blepharospasm)
  • Multiple Sclerosis
  • Neurogerontology/Alzheimer’s Disease/Memory Disorders
  • Neurologic Rehabilitation
  • Neuromuscular Disorders (e.g., Muscular Dystrophy Association Clinic, ALS)
  • Neuropsychology (e.g., Cognitive Remediation)
  • Pediatric Neurology
  • Stroke

Programs and Services

Residency and Fellowship Programs

Lydia Ivette Velez, RN, MS

Administrative Nurse Manager
Weiler Division 7-S

I embrace new nurses with the same love and encouragement I was shown when I began my career at Montefiore. This is such a beautiful, open hospital with many resources. I always aim to help nurses advance to the next level. [more]


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