Linda Geraghty, NP

Sigrid Gabler, MS, PhD is an adult-gerontology nurse practitioner in the Department of Neurology Division of Aging and Dementia. She is a graduate of Harvard University and Columbia University’s School of Nursing, and is board certified in adult-gerontology primary care by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). Sigrid specializes in memory changes in the elderly, including Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders. She also has an interest in LGBTQ health, especially as it pertains to older adults. In addition to her clinical education, Sigrid holds a PhD in Anthropology from the University of Michigan and, with this expertise, strives to offer a culturally responsive, holistic approach to patient care. Sigrid provides both new patient and follow-up care in the Neurological Institute of New York and Tarrytown office locations.

Amanda Bergner is a Professor Genetic Counseling at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, the founding Director for the Columbia University Program in Genetic Counseling, and a genetic counselor in the Department of Neurology. She earned her genetic counseling degree from the University of California Berkeley and has several decades of experience in education, research, and clinical care. Ms. Bergner’s clinical work is focused in neurogenetics, she has developed and worked with several multidisciplinary clinics for a variety of neurological and rare disease indications including epilepsy, neurofibromatosis, neuromuscular disorders, ataxia, Huntington disease and ALS. She is now the genetic counselor for both the Columbia University HDSA Center of Excellence and the Columbia University NF Clinic. She has extensive experience in genetic/genomic research and has primarily focused on improving care for people and families with neurogenetic disorders, as well as working to increase access to genetic counseling and genetic testing.