VickiLShankerMD

Summary

• Dr. Vicki Shanker is an experienced neurologist based in New York, NY who specializes in movement disorders . Dr. Shanker completed her Neurology residency from 2002 - 2005 at Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, followed by her fellowship in Movement Disorders (Neurology) from 2005 - 2007 at AECOM Beth Israel/Union Square which is now part of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Prior to her residency, she completed her internship in Internal Medicine in 2001 - 2002 at Long Island Jewish Hospital now part of the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. Dr. Shanker has contributed to several publications related to Parkinson's disease, specifically those focusing on genetic variants and their impact on the disease, with specific works cited multiple times by other researchers. She is a Neurology Residency Program director and devotes much of her time to medical education.