Dora K. Leung, MD

Dr Leung’s clinical and research interests involve neuromuscular diseases, including neuromuscular junction disorders, muscular dystrophies, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). She completed her medical education at Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, and her neurology residency at Neurological Institute at Columbia University. She then completed Neuromuscular medicine/ALS fellowship sponsored by Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) with Dr. Lewis P. Rowland and Dr. Hiroshi Mitsumoto at Columbia University. She joined Columbia University/New York Presbyterian Hospital as faculty in the Neurology department, educating medical students as well as neurology residents. She also attended Neurology clinics at Harlem Hospital, and was the director of the Electromyography Laboratory there before joining as faculty at Hospital for Special Surgery and Weill Cornell Medical College/New York Presbyterian Hospital.

She is a member of the American Academy of Neurology and a fellow of the American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine. Since 2011, she has been the Neuromuscular Medicine fellowship director at HSS. She is also director of ALSA and MDA clinics at HSS.

Departments

Special Expertise

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
​​​​​​​Neuromuscular diseases

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