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Rachel Saunders-Pullman, MD, MPH, MS
Neurology
About Me
Dr. Rachel Saunders-Pullman is a movement disorders specialist at Mount Sinai Beth Israel/Mount Sinai, Bachmann-Strauss Chair, and Professor of Neurology at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She is a clinician, educator and clinical researcher whose clinical focus is in the care of patients with parkinsonism, dystonia, myoclonus and tremor. She treats Parkinson's disease and Parkinsonism, with focus on genetic Parkinson's; dystonia, including blepharospasm, cervical dystonia, limb dystonia; tremor; myoclonus; and ataxia, and genetic movement disorders.
Her research focus is the study of genetic and epidemiologic factors relating to Parkinson’s disease (PD) and dystonia with focus on the elucidation of new genes, and interaction between genes, and development of predictors and markers of PD and dystonia. These will be useful in understanding the underlying conditions, detecting disease earlier and tracking the progression of disease, with the goal of facilitating trials for PD and dystonia. Dr. Saunders-Pullman leads an NIH funded study evaluating oligogenic etiology of Parkinson Disease in Ashkenazi Jews, focused primarily on LRRK2 and GBA PD, and immune and lysosomal storage disorders. She is Co-Chair for the Movement Disorders Society Task Force on Genetic Testing in Parkinson Disease. She is the Program Director for the overall movement disorders fellowship for both Sinai programs.
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Language
English
Position
PROFESSOR | Neurology
Hospital Affiliations
- Mount Sinai Morningside
- Mount Sinai Beth Israel
- Mount Sinai Brooklyn
- Mount Sinai Queens
- The Mount Sinai Hospital
- Mount Sinai West
Research Topics
Parkinson's Disease
Clinical Focus
- Parkinson's Disease
Education
MD, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons
Internship, Internal Medicine
New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell
Residency, Neurology
New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell
Fellowship, Movement Disorders
Neurological Institute of New York (Columbia Univ)
Certifications
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Insurance Information
Accepted insurance may vary by the doctor’s office location. Please contact the office directly to obtain the most up-to-date insurance information.
- AETNA - Commercial
- AETNA - Medicare
- Centivo
- EmblemHealth - HIP-Medicare
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield - Commercial/Exchange
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield - Medicare
- HealthFirst Medicaid
- HealthFirst Medicare
- Horizon NJ
- Magnacare-Health Care
- Medicare - NJ
- Medicare - NY
- NJ Medicaid
- NY Medicaid
- Oscar
- Oxford - Freedom and Liberty
- Partners Health Plan
- United Health Care - Commercial
- United Health Care - Oxford Care
- United Health Care - Top Tier
- VNSNY Choice Medicare
- VNSNY Select Health Medicaid
- VillageCareMax
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Publications
Selected Publications
- Supplemental ambient lighting intervention to improve sleep in Parkinson's disease: A pilot trial. Andrea S. Yoo, Adina Wise, Roberto A. Ortega, Deborah Raymond, Barbara Plitnick, Jennifer Brons, Judy Liang, Susan B. Bressman, Mengxi Yang, David Pedler, Mariana G. Figueiro, Rachel Saunders-Pullman. Parkinsonism and Related Disorders
- Genetic Risk Factors in Isolated Dystonia Escape Genome-Wide Association Studies. Björn Hergen Laabs, Katja Lohmann, Eva Juliane Vollstedt, Tobias Reinberger, Lisa Marie Nuxoll, Gamze Kilic-Berkmen, Joel S. Perlmutter, Sebastian Loens, Carlos Cruchaga, Andre Franke, Valerija Dobricic, Frauke Hinrichs, Anne Grözinger, Eckart Altenmüller, Steven Bellows, Sylvia Boesch, Susan B. Bressman, Kevin R. Duque, Alberto J. Espay, Andreas Ferbert, Jeanne S. Feuerstein, Samuel Frank, Thomas Gasser, Bernhard Haslinger, Robert Jech, Frank Kaiser, Christoph Kamm, Katja Kollewe, Andrea A. Kühn, Mark S. LeDoux, Ebba Lohmann, Abhimanyu Mahajan, Alexander Münchau, Trisha Multhaupt-Buell, Alexander Pantelyat, Sarah E. Pirio Richardson, Deborah Raymond, Stephen G. Reich, Rachel Saunders Pullman, Barbara Schormair, Nutan Sharma, Azadeh Hamzehei Sichani, Kristina Simonyan, Jens Volkmann, Aparna Wagle Shukla, Juliane Winkelmann, Laura J. Wright, Michael Zech, Kirsten E. Zeuner, Simone Zittel, Meike Kasten, Yan V. Sun, Tobias Bäumer, Norbert Brüggemann, Laurie J. Ozelius, Hyder A. Jinnah, Christine Klein, Inke R. König. Movement Disorders
- Parkinson’s disease variant detection and disclosure: PD GENEration, a North American study. Lola Cook, Jennifer Verbrugge, Tae Hwi Schwantes-An, Jeanine Schulze, Tatiana Foroud, Anne Hall, Karen S. Marder, Ignacio F. Mata, Niccolò E. Mencacci, Martha A. Nance, Michael A. Schwarzschild, Tanya Simuni, Susan Bressman, Anne Marie Wills, Hubert H. Fernandez, Irene Litvan, Kelly E. Lyons, Holly A. Shill, Carlos Singer, Thomas F. Tropea, Nora Vanegas Arroyave, Janfreisy Carbonell, Rossy Cruz Vicioso, Linn Katus, Joseph F. Quinn, Priscila D. Hodges, Yan Meng, Samuel P. Strom, Cornelis Blauwendraat, Katja Lohmann, Cynthia Casaceli, Shilpa C. Rao, Kamalini Ghosh Galvelis, Anna Naito, James C. Beck, Roy N. Alcalay, Rebeca De Leon, Amasi Kumeh, Zachary Meyer, Anny Coral-Zambrano, Min Jae Kim, Camilla Ruiz, Yun Lu, Elisa Ahmanson, Andra Matthews, Sarah Lawrence, Yun Lu, Susan Li, Uma Ragunathan, Rachel Saunders-Pullman. Brain
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Care Provider’s Explanation
5 out of 5
Care Provider’s Concern
5 out of 5
Likelihood to Recommend Care Provider
5 out of 5
Industry Relationships
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Dr. Saunders-Pullman has not yet completed reporting of Industry relationships.
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