Meet Our New Faculty

July 21, 2025

Please join us in welcoming new faculty!

Daniel Talmasov, MD

Dr. Daniel Talmasov

Daniel Talmasov, MD

Division of Aging and Dementia

Daniel Talmasov, MD, is an Instructor in Neurology in the Division of Aging and Dementia. Board-certified in neurology and psychiatry, Dr. Talmasov specializes in neurodegenerative diseases, with a focus on emotional and behavioral symptoms in conditions like frontotemporal dementia (FTD). He earned his undergraduate and medical degrees from Stony Brook University, completed psychiatry residency at Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard, and neurology residency at NYU, where he served as chief resident. He completed fellowship training in Behavioral Neurology & Neuropsychiatry and an NIMH T32 research fellowship at Columbia. At the Neurological Institute, Dr. Talmasov also consults in the ALS Center and Huntington’s Disease Center of Excellence. His research, supported by an Alzheimer’s Association Clinician Scientist Fellowship, investigates vulnerable frontal neuron populations in FTD.

To schedule an appointment with Dr. Daniel Talmasov, please call 646-426-3876.

Sandie Worley, MD

Sandie Worley, MD

Dr. Sandie Worley

Division of Movement Disorders

Sandie Worley, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Neurology in the Division of Movement Disorders. A mechanical engineering graduate of MIT, Dr. Worley earned her medical degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine, completed her internship at Montefiore, neurology residency at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, and fellowship in Movement Disorders here at Columbia. Dr. Worley brings broad clinical expertise and advanced training in therapies such as deep brain stimulation and botulinum toxin injections and sees patients at the Neurological Institute of New York location at 710 West 168th Street on the NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center campus.

To schedule an appointment with Dr. Sandie Worley, please call 646-426-3876.