LeslieHiguitaMD(She/Her)

Neuromuscular Medicine, Neurophysiology

Assistant Professor of Neurology, Duke University Health System Neurology Department

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Board certified neurologist focusing on: Clinical neurophysiology, Electromyography, Nerve conduction studies, Neuromuscular disease, Peripheral neuropathies, Myasthenia Gravis and therapeutics

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiFellowship, Clinical Neurophysiology, 2023 - 2024
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Mount Sinai HospitalChief Residency, Neurology, 2022 - 2023
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Mount Sinai HospitalResidency, Neurology, 2019 - 2023
New York University School of MedicineClass of 2019, MD

PubMed

14 citations
A Randomized Study of Patient Risk Perception for Incidental Renal Findings on Diagnostic Imaging Tests
Stella K. Kang, Laura D. Scherer, Alec J. Megibow, Leslie Higuita, Nathanael Kim
AJR. American Journal of Roentgenology. 2017-11-15

Journal Articles

An atypical case of ataxia, headache, and vertigo associated with ganglionic acetylcholine receptor autoantibodies
Yinan Zhang, Leslie Higuita, Mark Barber, Anna Pace, Anusha K. Yeshokumar, Neuroimmunology Reports, 11/1/2021

Abstracts/Posters

Sensitivity and specificity of single inspiratory and expiratory chest radiographs for detection of pneumothorax after CT guided lung biopsy
E Morris1, L Higuita1, P Bhattacharji1, D Hoffman1, L Azour1, G Brusca-Augello1, M Shiau1, Society of Interventional Radiology, Los Angeles, CA, 3/18/2018