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Biographical Info

Rivka Sachdev, MD graduated from Mount Sinai Medical School in New York City. She completed her internal medicine internship at SUNY Downstate and her neurology residency training at Tufts Medical Center in Boston. She then completed a fellowship in Movement Disorders at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City. She remained at Mount Sinai Beth Israel as an attending in Movement Disorders and General Neurology for 9 years, during which time she developed expertise in botulinum toxin chemodenervation therapy for various neurological disorders. Conditions she treats using botulinum toxin include cervical and limb dystonia, blepharospasm and oromandibular dystonia, hemifacial spasm and facial synkinesis, tremor disorders, hypersecretory disorders (including sialorrhea and hyperhidrosis), motor tic disorders, spasticity, and chronic migraine. She joined the neurology faculty at Â鶹¸ßÇå in July of 2019 and sees patients at the Lower Manhattan Campus.   

Board Certifications
American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology
American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology
Clinical Expertise
Movement Disorder
General Neurology
Languages
English
Research
Education 
  • M.D.
    Mount Sinai School of Medicine
    2004
  • B.A.
    Oberlin College
    1995
Appointments 
  • Assistant Attending Neurologist
    NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology
    Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University

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