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Residency: University of Vermont/ Medical Center Hospital of Vermont
Neurology/ Chief Resident- Neurology
Fellowship: Massachusetts General Hospital Clinical/Research Fellow
Neurology (Stroke)
Director, Clinical Stroke Service, Einstein Medical Center
Director NeuroScience Unit, Einstein Medical Center
Co-Director Vascular Laboratory, Einstein Medical Center
Interests: NeuroCritical Care, Cerebrovascular disease, Multiple Sclerosis
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Doctors may have more than one area of specialty interest. Board certification in a specialty area means the doctor has completed formal training and has practice experience in that specialty, and has passed the certification examination from the corresponding accredited medical specialty board.
Neurology
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194 Answers
14 Agrees
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A member asked:
Dr. Jonathan Dissinanswered
Neurology 41 years experience
Multiple causes: Abnormalities within the brain including developmental, stroke, infectious, mass lesions, and traumatic lesions. More difficult to understand are the ... Read More
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A 38-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jonathan Dissinanswered
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Uncertain at present: There have been some reports of doses between 2000 -> 5000 iu per day may reduce the risk of multiple sclerosis. These were small studies, were not do... Read More
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A 36-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jonathan Dissinanswered
Neurology 41 years experience
BP control: Cerebral aneurysms are caused by defects in the wall of the cerebral arteries usually at bifurcations and branch points. Approximately 90 %of the rupt... Read More
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A 46-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jonathan Dissinanswered
Neurology 41 years experience
Prog.disease: There is a variant form of MS that is very aggressive that can lead to coma or death. However most of the other forms do not have such a grave prognos... Read More
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A 26-year-old member asked:
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Neurology 41 years experience
ID Consult: How advanced and what's involved? Do you have cardiac involvement, cerebral involvement, etc. These factors determine the plan of care. You need to se... Read More
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A 37-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jonathan Dissinanswered
Neurology 41 years experience
Vascular disease: Mra looks at moving blood in the arteries of the brain and can help in the diagnosis of vascular narrowing from atherosclerosis, or anerysms, and arte... Read More
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A 39-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jonathan Dissinanswered
Neurology 41 years experience
Severe form of CP: The most severe variant of CP often associated with moderate
->severe mental deficiency. It denotes diffuse malformation or damage to the brain. Sev... Read More
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A 28-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jonathan Dissinanswered
Neurology 41 years experience
Blurred vision: The hallmarks of optic neurits are blurred vision (decreased acuity), darkening of vision with loss of color perception, and local tenderness or pain ... Read More
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A 39-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jonathan Dissinanswered
Neurology 41 years experience
In evolution of man: In the evolution of man, bigger brains led to greater intelligence and thus smarter tool use. However in humans, it is not the overall size of the br... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jonathan Dissinanswered
Neurology 41 years experience
Location dependent: This depends upon the location of the stroke. It could include weakness, language difficulties, sensory abnormalities and visual loss. Other possibili... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jonathan Dissinanswered
Neurology 41 years experience
Multiple conditions: Quadriparesis is the term that describes weakness, quadriplegia describes paralysis of all extremities. There are a number of causes in adults that i... Read More
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A 27-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jonathan Dissinanswered
Neurology 41 years experience
Amount of tone: The difference between the two is the tone in the limbs. In spastic paralysis the tone is increased, the upper limb is flexed the fingers contracted. ... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jonathan Dissinanswered
Neurology 41 years experience
Movement Disorder: A chronic progressive neurologic disease that may involve the arms neck chin and voice but rarely the legs. It is present during movement and often wi... Read More
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A 24-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jonathan Dissinanswered
Neurology 41 years experience
Hypertension is # 1: Chronic high blood pressure, alcohol abuse, bleeding from existing vascular brain lesion, primary and metastatic cancers, cerebral vasculitis (inflamm... Read More
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A 29-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jonathan Dissinanswered
Neurology 41 years experience
Obstruction of flow: A mass in the third ventricle could either obstruct the ventricle or severely limit the flow of cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) from the lateral ventricle... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jonathan Dissinanswered
Neurology 41 years experience
Very rarely: Acupuncture can rarely cause damage to superficial, usually sensory nerves, should the needle injure the nerve. There have been several reports in the... Read More
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A 45-year-old member asked:
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Neurology 41 years experience
Talk to your doctor: Commonly reported side effects include paresthesias, dizziness weight loss, anorexia, abnormal taste, mood distubance and difficulty thinking with inc... Read More
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A 37-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jonathan Dissinanswered
Neurology 41 years experience
Yes: It is rarely seen in individuals less than 35 years of age, is more common in woman than in men. When seen in the younger population, the presentation... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jonathan Dissinanswered
Neurology 41 years experience
Form of Angiography: Arteriovenous malformations (avm) can be detected by numerous forms of angiography. The simplest involves ct scanning and requires the use of dye. Mr... Read More
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A 33-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jonathan Dissinanswered
Neurology 41 years experience
MRI: A rare disorder, in which the tendon of the superior oblique eye muscle becomes entrapped. Mri and mr angiography are recommended studies, the MRI stu... Read More
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A 25-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jonathan Dissinanswered
Neurology 41 years experience
Usually very serious: Myasthenia gravis is typically seen in the young and the elderly. In the latter group, they typically have ocular mg, that is there symptoms are confi... Read More
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A 56-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jonathan Dissinanswered
Neurology 41 years experience
Etiology dependent: This depends on the cause of your first subarachnoid hemorrhage. If it was aneurysmal, and the aneurysm was clipped or coiled and there are no others-... Read More
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A 35-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jonathan Dissinanswered
Neurology 41 years experience
Just Tell him: Just tell him, he has been with you for 2 years for some reason, if he really wants to be with you, you will find out. Having epilepsy is not a crime ... Read More
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A 29-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jonathan Dissinanswered
Neurology 41 years experience
Depends on location: Symptoms are location specific, but could include any of the following, eye movement difficulty, weakness, sensory loss, visual loss, difficulty swall... Read More
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A 41-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jonathan Dissinanswered
Neurology 41 years experience
Team effort: This is a complicated issue that grows in complexity over time. In growing children and young adults when the scoliosis begins to compromise pulmonary... Read More
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A 52-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jonathan Dissinanswered
Neurology 41 years experience
PET is reliable: Pet scans are used in a number of clinical and research applications. When used to measure the metabolic activity of brain region in comparison to oth... Read More
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A 33-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jonathan Dissinanswered
Neurology 41 years experience
Diagnosed by MRI.: Typically MS is diagnosed by mri, but in some patients may require a spinal tap or other specialized studies. These tests may include optical coherenc... Read More
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A 43-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jonathan Dissinanswered
Neurology 41 years experience
See a Neurologist: Vision loss and speech difficulties associated with migraine elevate the classification of your disorder to complicated migraine. Nausea/vomiting, pho... Read More
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A 24-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jonathan Dissinanswered
Neurology 41 years experience
An iv infusion: In regard to stroke only, thrombolytic therapy can be given by IV in the first 4.5 hours after the onset of symptoms. Exclusionary criteria must be me... Read More
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A 28-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jonathan Dissinanswered
Neurology 41 years experience
Older anticonvulsant: Tegretol is an anticonvulsant that is metabolized by the liver that is used for event related (partial) epilepsy. The drug is given orally and must be... Read More
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A 21-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jonathan Dissinanswered
Neurology 41 years experience
MRI w/without Gad: Depending on how high or low on your shoulder blade, this area localizes to either the C4 or t2 nerve roots. An entrapped neurofibroma at one of these... Read More
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A 45-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jonathan Dissinanswered
Neurology 41 years experience
Dangerous hemorrhage: Subaracnoid hemorrhages usually occur from rupture of aneurysms. Aneurysms are caused by defects in the vessel wall producing outpouching of the wall.... Read More
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Dr. Jonathan Dissinanswered
Neurology 41 years experience
Likely Diabetes: Diabetes mellitus is much more frequently associated with sixth nerve palsies than migraine. Though blurred vision is a common compliant with migraine... Read More
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A 29-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jonathan Dissinanswered
Neurology 41 years experience
State specific: Each state has its own requirements for issuing a license to an individual with epilepsy. Most states require you to provide documentation from your p... Read More
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A 33-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jonathan Dissinanswered
Neurology 41 years experience
No: The only agent that is habit-forming that is used as an anticonvulsant is phenobarbital. With all of the newer drugs available that have improved safe... Read More
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A 36-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jonathan Dissinanswered
Neurology 41 years experience
No: Even if you apply the older criteria
to define a tia, all of your symptoms should have resolved in 24 hours. Using the currently accepted criteria, ... Read More
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A 25-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jonathan Dissinanswered
Neurology 41 years experience
Spine surgeon: Orthopedic surgeons treat scoliosis, the management is conservative with exercise unless the curvature is progressive. Try to find a physician that sp... Read More
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A 35-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jonathan Dissinanswered
Neurology 41 years experience
More information: You need to supply information about your symptoms, when did they start, have they improved. Are you generally weak or weak on one side, sensory sympt... Read More
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A 39-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jonathan Dissinanswered
Neurology 41 years experience
Primary brain tumor: Gliomas are the most commonly occurring primary brain tumors, the incidence increases with advancing age. Male:female ratio ~1:1.6, greater in whites ... Read More
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A 33-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jonathan Dissinanswered
Neurology 41 years experience
Depends on her/hosp: This depends on her deficits, the hospital that is caring for her, and if they are staffed with an experienced interventionalist , a neurosurgeon and... Read More
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A 35-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jonathan Dissinanswered
Neurology 41 years experience
Symptomatic Therapy: Myotonic dystrophy is probably the most common form of muscular dystrophy. It is a multisystem disease that includes dystrophy of muscle, myotonia, ca... Read More
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A 63-year-old male asked:
Dr. Jonathan Dissinanswered
Neurology 41 years experience
Pontine inflamm. dis: Chronic lymphocytic inflammation with pontine perivascular enhancement responsive to steroids (clippers) is a treatable disoder. Pts. Develop ataxic g... Read More
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A 29-year-old male asked:
Dr. Jonathan Dissinanswered
Neurology 41 years experience
No: I assume you are taking Dilantin for epilepsy. Your level will stablize at a new level following 5 doses of 300 mg. Theoretically, if you remain in th... Read More
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A 43-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jonathan Dissinanswered
Neurology 41 years experience
Medication/botox: You want to maintain some degree of spasticity in your leg to assist walking. The use of oral medication may help, but will affect arm and leg-plus th... Read More
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A 30-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jonathan Dissinanswered
Neurology 41 years experience
State specific: States have specific requirements for licensure, being color blind or having physical disabilities does not exclude you from driving. Contact your dmv... Read More
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A 41-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jonathan Dissinanswered
Neurology 41 years experience
Varied: There are many different types of brain malformations, thus the symptom complex is varied. Some common symptoms are seizures, developmental delay, fai... Read More
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Dr. Jonathan Dissinanswered
Neurology 41 years experience
See below: A spinal tap headache is due to CSF leaking thru the puncture site in the dura following a spinal tap. Normally the puncture closes following the tap ... Read More
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A 33-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jonathan Dissinanswered
Neurology 41 years experience
NO: Pml is caused by the jc virus. It can lie dormant in an immunocompetent host for a lifetime. In the immunocompromised host, pml is uniformly fatal wit... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jonathan Dissinanswered
Neurology 41 years experience
Terminology: A difference in terminology... Presenile dementia referred to a dementia with onset prior to 60-> 65 yrs of age, whereas in dementia the onset was lat... Read More
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Dr. Jonathan Dissinanswered
Neurology 41 years experience
Needs evaluation: You need to determine if there are foods or drinks that precipite these events, also keep a log to see if they are more frequent around your period. I... Read More
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Jun 26, 2015
Dr. Dissin is an excellent Neurologist and a compassionate physician. When I've needed advice on how to manage a neurological problem Dr. Dissin has always been willing to give of his time and and his...Read More
Dec 25, 2017
Dr. Dissin is a neurologist with outstanding clinical skills and experience.He is know for his compassion and his dedication to the care of his patients. I recommend him strongly as a Neurologist on w...Read More
May 25, 2013
Very high quality responses.
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I take 325mg aspirin a day and 10mg propranalol. Will that lower my stroke risk at all, even though I have migraine with aura? I always have the aura for 30 minutes and no headache.....I take the abov...Read More
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This was very helpful. Thanks! Good advice (from an 8-yr Lyme victim). Wish I had taken that advice 8 years ago, I tried to tough it out and now it's chronic.
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Thank you, your answer or tip was very helpful! She has been seeing pediatric neurologist as Childrens medical center, are they the same
Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
St. George's University School of Medicine, Grenada
Graduated 1982MD
Medical/Graduate school
Medical College of Georgia
Graduated 1973MD
Residency
Medical Center Hospital of Vermont/Univ. of Vt
Awards
Fellow, Stroke Council, American Heart Association
Fellow, Council on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology, American Heart Association
Top Neurologist , Second Place, Pennsylvania - Winter
2013
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