Rita Okumu - Neurology | Mount Sinai

About Me

Rita Okumu, MD is an assistant professor of neurology, ophthalmology and neurosurgery at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She is a board-certified neurologist with specialized training in neuro-ophthalmology. She manages neurologic conditions that affect vision, such as idiopathic intracranial hypertension, giant cell arteritis, optic neuritis, double vision, brain tumors or stroke along the visual pathway, and myasthenia gravis.

She also sees patients for general neurologic concerns such as headache, weakness, numbness or tingling and seizures. Dr. Okumu’s clinical focus is on establishing a collaborative, multisystem (ophthalmology, neurology, endocrinology) approach for management of patients with idiopathic intracranial hypertension.

Language

English, Swahili

Position

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR | Neurology, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR | Ophthalmology, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR | Neurosurgery

Hospital Affiliations

Mount Sinai Beth Israel
Mount Sinai Morningside
Mount Sinai Brooklyn
Mount Sinai Queens
The Mount Sinai Hospital
New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai
Mount Sinai West

Clinical Focus

Diplopia
Headache
Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension
Meningioma
Myasthenia Gravis
Optic Neuritis
Vision Loss

Education

MD, Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University

Residency, Psychiatry & Neurology, Neurology

Yale New Haven Hospital

Fellowship, Neuro-Ophthalmology

Weill Cornell Medicine

Certifications

American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

Locations

Mount Sinai Doctors

5 East 98th St, 7th floor, New York, NY, 10029

Insurance Information

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Mount Sinai Doctors5 East 98th St, 7th floor, New York, NY, 10029

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Industry Relationships

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Dr. Okumu has not yet completed reporting of Industry relationships.

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