Dr. Lydia Shajenko M.D.

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Lydia Shajenko, MD, PhD, is a Top Neurologist and Clinical Neurophysiologist Seeing Patients at Her Own Private Practice in Edgewater, NJ

Lydia Shajenko, MD, PhD, is a top neurologist and clinical neurophysiologist who lends his skills and expertise to serve patients at her private practice, the Brain Institute of Northern New Jersey, in Edgewater, NJ. She can also be found on staff at Hackensack Meridian Palisades General Hospital in North Bergen, NJ, and Holy Name Hospital in Teaneck, NJ. With twenty years of experience as a neurologist and nineteen years as a clinical neurophysiologist, Dr. Shajenko specializes in treating diseases of the nervous system, which includes the brain and spinal cord. She is recognized as an expert in the treatment of a full range of neurological disorders, including headaches, migraines, neck pain, back pain, seizure disorders, epilepsy, carpal tunnel syndrome, neuropathy, etc. At her office, Dr. Shajenko performs cutting edge procedures such as electromyography, electroencephalogram, Vagus Nerve Stimulation, and videonystagmography. For more information about Lydia Shajenko, MD, PhD, please visit https://lydiashajenkomd.com/index.html.

Lydia Shajenko, MD, PhD, is a 1997-graduate of the University of Connecticut School of Medicine in Farmington, CT. His postgraduate training includes her internship conducted at the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond, VA (1997-1998), and neurology residency served at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, NY (1998-2001). Dr. Shajenko further completed a clinical neurophysiology fellowship at NYU Grossman School of Medicine (2001-2002). She attained board certification in neurology and the subspecialty of clinical neurophysiology with the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Furthermore, she holds experience in studying the neurotoxic mechanisms of amyloid beta-peptide in Alzheimer’s Disease. For more information about Dr. Lydia Shajenko, please visit https://www.findatopdoc.com/doctor/1902402-Lydia-Shajenko-Neurologist.

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