Jane Y. Lee, MD

Neurology
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Dr. Jane Lee received a B.S. from Cornell University and an M.D. from Creighton University School of Medicine. She completed her internal medicine internship as well as neurology residency at Northwell Hofstra/Zucker-Long Island Jewish. She then pursued a fellowship at Yale University to specialize in headache and facial pain. She treats primary headache disorders and offers comprehensive care to treat various conditions within headache & facial pain. She has experience in Botox injections for chronic migraine, occipital nerve blocks for occipital neuralgia.

Areas of Expertise / Conditions Treated

  • General Neurology
  • Headache Disorders
  • Headaches

Academic Appointments

  • Assistant Professor of Neurology at CUMC

Gender

  • Female

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646-426-3876

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Location(s)

CUIMC/Neurological Institute of New York
710 West 168th Street
New York, NY 10032
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Insurance Accepted

Aetna

  • Aetna Signature Administrators
  • EPO
  • HMO
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • NY Signature
  • POS
  • PPO
  • Student Health

Affinity Health Plan

  • Essential Plan
  • Medicaid Managed Care

Amida Care

  • Special Needs

Cigna

  • EPO
  • Great West (National)
  • HMO
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • POS
  • PPO

Emblem/GHI

  • Medicare Managed Care
  • PPO

Emblem/HIP

  • ConnectiCare
  • EPO
  • Essential Plan
  • HMO
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • POS
  • PPO
  • Select Care (Exchange)
  • Vytra

Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield

  • EPO
  • HMO
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • PPO

Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield HealthPlus

  • Child/Family Health Plus
  • Essential Plan
  • Medicaid Managed Care

Fidelis Care

  • Child/Family Health Plus
  • Essential Plan
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Medicare Managed Care

Healthfirst

  • Child/Family Health Plus
  • Leaf (Exchange)
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Medicare Managed Care

Local 1199

  • Local 1199

MagnaCare (National)

  • MagnaCare

Medicare

  • Traditional Medicare

Multiplan

  • Multiplan

MVP Health Care

  • Child/Family Health Plus
  • Essential Plan
  • HMO
  • Medicaid Managed Care

RiverSpring

  • Special Needs

UnitedHealthcare

  • Compass (Exchange)
  • Empire Plan
  • HMO
  • Medicaid (Community Plan)
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • Oxford Freedom
  • Oxford HMO
  • Oxford Liberty
  • POS
  • PPO

VNSNY CHOICE

  • Medicare Managed Care
  • SelectHealth
  • Special Needs

WellCare

  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Medicare Managed Care

World Trade Center Health Plan

  • World Trade Center Health Plan

*Before your appointment, please contact the doctor’s office or your insurance provider to verify that your insurance is accepted. This list of insurances can change, and the insurance plans listed may not be accepted at all office locations for this provider.

Credentials & Experience

Education & Training

  • BS, 2015 Cornell University, College of Human Ecology
  • MD, 2020 Creighton University School of Medicine
  • Internship: 2021 Internal Medicine , Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
  • Residency: 2024 Neurology, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell

Board Certifications

  • Neurology

Honors & Awards

  • Advocacy ConnecZon Fellow for Miles for Migraine, 2024-2025
  • Medical Research Scholars Program at NINDS, NIH, 2017-2018

Research

Selected Publications

  1. Lee J., Rosen N. Chapter 37: Headache Due to Psychiatric Disorder. In: Ashina S. eds. Headache and Facial Pain Medicine. McGraw Hill; 2025.
  2. Denney D.E., Lee J., Joshi S. Whether Weather Magers with Migraine. Curr Pain Headache Rep. 2024 Apr; 28(4):181-187. doi: 10.1007/s11916-024-01216-8. Epub 2024 Feb 15. PMID: 38358443; PMCID: PMC10940451.
  3. History of the American Headache Society (AHS) in the 20th Century. American Headache Society. Annual Scientific Meeting Poster Presentation at San Diego, CA. June 2023.
  4. Kanegi S.L., Zhang N., Armand C.E., Halker Singh R.B., Robbins M.S., Vinokur M., Lee J., Rosen N. Headache fellowship match shareholder insights. Headache. 2022 Jun; 62(6):766-769. doi: 10.1111/head.14333. Epub 2022 Jun 7. PMID: 35670194.
  5. Zhang Y., Bander E.D., Lee Y., Muoser C., Schaffer C.B., Nishimura N. Microvessel occlusions alter amyloid-beta plaque morphology in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 2020 Oct; 40(10):2115-2131. doi: 10.1177/0271678X19889092. Epub 2019 Nov 19. PMID: 31744388; PMCID: PMC7786844.
  6. Rua R., Lee J., Silva A.B., Swafford I.S., Maric D., Kory R.J., Dorian B.M. InfecZon Drives Long-Term Meningeal Engagement by Inflammatory Monocytes that Impair Central Nervous System Immunity. Nature Immunology. 2019 Mar. 20, 407-419. hgps://doi.org/10.1038/s41590-019-0344-y
  7. Rua R., Lee, J., Silva A.B., Dragan M., Johnson K., Dorian B. M. Meningeal inflammation drives long-term engraement by monocytes that impair CNS immunity. J Immunol 2018 May. 200 (1_Supplement):168.4.