Attending Physician
Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Medical Director
Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care (ADC) Program
Northwell Health
Assistant Professor, Medicine
Zucker School of Medicine
Board certifications
Internal Medicine – American Board of Internal Medicine
Geriatric Medicine – American Board of IM / Geriatric Medicine
Academic titles
Assistant Professor, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
Education
Ross University School of Medicine
Residencies
NYU Langone Hospital Brooklyn
Fellowships
North Shore University Hospital
Dr. Giliberto’s approach to Medicine, Neurology and Alzheimer’s disease has always been dual: basic research and clinical practice. He has worked and collaborated with great scientists, such as Massimo Tabaton, George Perry, Mark Smith, Pierluigi Gambetti, Antonio Uccelli, Luciano D’Adamio and Peter Davies. The work with Dr. D’Adamio at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, lead to identify APP processing modulators, including ITMB2 (BRI2). At the Feinstein Institutes, Dr. Giliberto collaborates with a diverse range of excellent scientists, expanding the focus of his research to tau, microglia and the immune response, cell cycle and the treatment of tau pathology with engineered antibodies.
Dr. Giliberto works with patients affected by Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias, providing clinical care and trials, helping them and their families to cope with the disruption that this disease brings to their lives.
This dual role has allowed him to broaden his view of the disease, as the inspiration he receives from patients at every encounter is invaluable.
Dr. Giliberto teaches clinical neurology to medical students, Neurology, Medicine and Psychiatry residents at Hofstra University and North Shore University Hospital, and trains MD/PhD and PhD students in the laboratory at the Feinstein Institutes.
Dr. Giliberto graduated summa cum laude at the University of Milano Medical School, in Italy, completed his Neurology residency at the Medical school of Genova, Italy and at North Shore University Hospital, Northwell-Hofstra. He obtained his PhD in neuroscience from the Medical school of Genova, Italy while doing research at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
Dementia Care Specialist, Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care (ADC) Program, Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Northwell Health
Dr. Maria Torroella Carney is a board-certified internist, geriatrician, and palliative care physician with clinical, research, administrative, and public health leadership experience. She has been at Northwell Health since 2012 and is currently Medical Director for Continuing Care and Chief of the Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine. She is Professor of Medicine at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra / Northwell.
Dr. Carney received her medical degree at New York Medical College, carried out her residency training in Internal Medicine at New York Presbyterian Hospital – Weill/Cornell Medical Center and completed a research-oriented fellowship in Geriatric Medicine at The Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York. She served as commissioner of the Nassau County Department of Health on Long Island, New York serving a population of 1.3 million residents from 2008-2011.
She has dedicated most of her career to promoting longevity, healthy aging and high-quality care for older adults and those with serious illness. She has been selected into the 2022-2023 cohort of incoming Health and Aging Policy Fellows, a national leadership program.
Chairman of Neurololgy
Glen Cove Hospital
Director
Movement Disorders Program
Northwell Health
Professor
Zucker School of Medicine
Social Worker, Researcher
Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine at
New Hyde Park
Institute of Health System Science
Feinstein Institute for Medical Research
Professionally, I am highly motivated and dedicated to making significant contributions to the neurological molecular imaging filed. Specifically, I have developed a special emphasis on the advancement of brain PET/MRI and hybrid imaging techniques in dementia and neurodegenerative disease. I was awarded the 2021 Foundation of the ASNR Boerger Research Fund for Alzheimer’s Disease and Neurocognitive Disorders for the project “[18F] PI-2620 in Primary Progressive Aphasia” (Franceschi AM, PI), with the goal of characterizing biodistribution of abnormal tau accumulation in PPA subtypes using the novel second generation tracer PI-2620 and correlating these findings with clinical disease severity and neurodegeneration. I am also PI for the project “Utility of [18F] PI-2620 as Universal Biomarker for the A/T/N Classification of Dementia and Neurodegenerative Disease”, which aims to establish the efficacy of PI-2620 as a single, universal biomarker for the A/T/N classification scheme of dementia, with the eventual goal of its use in descriptive classification, patient selection and target engagement assessment in disease-modifying clinical treatment trials. In addition to multiple scientific publications on this topic, I am lead editor of the textbook Hybrid PET/MR Neuroimaging: A Comprehensive Approach (Springer Nature, 2022).
Yun Freudenberg-Hua, MD, is Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Molecular Medicine at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell and Assistant Professor at the Litwin Zucker Center for Alzheimer’s Disease at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research. She is Attending Geriatric Psychiatrist at the geriatric out-patient clinic at the Zucker Hillside Hospital. She is the principal investigator on NIH funded studies investigating genetic risks for Alzheimer’s disease and leads research efforts to identify risk factors as well as biomarkers for dementia and cognitive resilience in aging. She aims to translate basic research knowledge into effective strategies for prevention and treatment of dementia and promote healthy aging.
Institute for Neurology and Neurosurgery
Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research
Northwell Health
Education
Pace University
Fellowships
Columbia University College-Physicians & Surgeons
Marc L. Gordon, M.D. is Chief of Neurology at the Zucker Hillside Hospital, and Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. He received his M.D. degree from Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons in 1985. He completed his neurology residency training and a fellowship in neuropsychopharmacology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 1990. Dr. Gordon is a diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, and a Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology. Dr. Gordon’s primary subspecialty interest is in Behavioral Neurology and Neuropsychiatry. His research and clinical expertise includes patients with Alzheimer’s disease and other cognitive disorders.
Neuropsychologist
Department of Neurology
North Shore University Hospital
Northwell Health
Assistant Professor, Neurology
Zucker School of Medicine
Director, Heart Failure Program
Long Island Jewish Medical Center
Director, Physician Engagement and
Philanthropic Outreach
Associate Professor
Zucker School of Medicine
Paul J. Mattis, PhD, ABPP-CN, specializes in neuropsychology, which is concerned with the relationship between cognition and brain functioning. Many neurological, psychiatric and medical disorders are associated with changes in cognitive functioning, evident by the symptoms such as trouble remembering, inability to pay attention, and inefficient communication. In turn, these deficits are associated with decreased everyday functioning and declining quality of life.
Clinical Specialty Pharmacist
Neurology
Northwell Neuroscience Clinic
Northwell Health
Director, Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center
Director, Pearl I. Barlow Center for
Memory Evaluation and Treatment
Director, Center for Cognitive Neurology
Director, Division of Cognitive Neurology Director,
Neuropathology Fellowship
Associate Chair for Research
Department of Neurology
NYU Langone
Professor, New York University
Alzheimer’s Disease Center
Departments of Neurology, Pathology and Psychiatry
NYU Grossman School of Medicine
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