Matthew Harms, MD is an Associate Professor of Neurology. Dr. Harms received his A.B. in Biology summa cum laude from Harvard University in 1997, and his medical doctorate from the University of California San Francisco in 2003. He remained at San Francisco for neurology residency and served as Chief Resident in his final year. Dr. Harms completed neuromuscular medicine and clinical neurophysiology fellowships under the mentorship of Dr. Alan Pestronk at Washington University in St. Louis. His clinical training in neuromuscular diseases led him into the laboratory of Dr. Robert Baloh, where his post-doctoral research identified the genes responsible for two orphan human diseases- dominant spinal muscular atrophy with lower extremity predominance and limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 1D. Dr. Harms joined the neuromuscular medicine faculty at Washington University in 2009 with board certifications in neurology, clinical neurophysiology, and neuromuscular medicine. In 2011, Dr. Harms assumed leadership of the Washington University Neuromuscular Genetics Project and established his research laboratory to continue harnessing emerging genetic technologies to understand the causes of inherited neuromuscular diseases. The lab focuses on diseases of the motor neuron, including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, spinal muscular atrophy, and the hereditary motor neuropathies, and where his efforts have helped identify more than 5 novel disease genes. Here at Columbia, he will continue these efforts, directing an international multi-site effort using whole genome and transcriptome sequencing to bring precision medicine to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. His laboratory efforts will occur in both the Motor Neuron Center and the Institute for Genomic Medicine.
Primary Specialty
Neurologist
PracticeCUIMC/Neurological Institute of New York
GenderMale
Accepting New Patients
Insurances AcceptedMedicare, MVP Health Care, Multiplan, UnitedHealthcare, WellCare, Quality Health Management, Amerigroup of New Jersey, RiverSpring, World Trade Center Health Plan, CIGNA, Emblem/Hip, Affinity Health Plan, AgeWell, Emblem/GHI, Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield Healthplus, Fidelis Care, Healthfirst, Local 1199, Magnacare (National), AETNA, Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield, VNSNY CHOICE
DegreesMedical Doctor
Office NameCUIMC/Neurological Institute of New York
ServicesMatthew Harms provides neurology services in New York, NY. A Neurologist is a physician who diagnoses, treats, and manages disorders, disease, and injuries to the nervous system. This includes such areas as the brain, spinal cord, nerves and muscles.
Please call Matthew Harms at (646) 426-3876 to schedule an appointment in New York, NY or to get more information.Additional ServicesDoctor