Neurology
Orrin Devinsky, M.D.
Professor, Department of Neurology at NYU Grossman School of Medicine; Professor, Department of Neurosurgery at NYU Grossman School of Medicine; Professor, Department of Psychiatry at NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Orrin Devinsky, M.D., is a professor of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, where he directs NYU Langone's Comprehensive Epilepsy Center. He specializes in epilepsy and seizure disorders, with top expertise in myoclonic epilepsy, Dravet syndrome, seizures, Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, and related conditions such as encephalitis, infant epilepsy with migrant focal crisis, Alzheimer's disease, and arteriovenous malformations. Dr. Devinsky treats a broad patient
40+
Years in Practice
Credentials
Board Certifications
- Neurology (American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology), 1987
Education & Training
- Harvard Medical School — M.D., 1982
- NY-Presby/Weill Cornell Med Ctr — Residency, Neurology, 1983-1986
- New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus) — Residency Hospital
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Boston) — Internship Hospital
- National Institutes of Health Clinical Center — Fellowship, Epilepsy, 1986-1988
Peer Recognition
- Castle Connolly — America's Top Doctors
2003-2014 (12 years)
- Castle Connolly — Top Doctors: New York Metro Area
2002-2014 (13 years)
- New York Magazine — Top Doctors
2002-2008, 2010-2014 (12 years)
Clinical Focus
Subspecialties
Conditions & Treatments
Practice Details
Hospital Affiliations
- Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center
- NYU Langone Hospitals
- NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn
Languages
English, Spanish
Experience
40+ years in practice