Luca Szalontay, MD

Dr. Chikwem completed his undergraduate degree in Biology at Lincoln University, followed by medical school at Penn State College of Medicine. He then underwent residency training in neurology at Albany Medical Center, where he served as chief resident in his final year. Subsequently, he completed a fellowship in behavioral neurology at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center while simultaneously earning a master's degree in epidemiology. Dr. Chikwem specializes in treating patients with memory disorders, focusing on aging and dementia in his practice.

Angela M Nolan, MS, FNP-BC, is a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner in the Division of Child Neurology. She graduated from the University of Delaware with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and a minor in Domestic Violence Prevention and Services. She later graduated from Dominican University New York with a Master of Science in Nursing. Before joining the Division of Neurology, Angela worked on the Neurology Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital for four years. She is board-certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).

Dr. Andrew H. Lipsky is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Columbia University Medical Center. He specializes in caring for adult patients with hematologic malignancies, including chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and lymphoma.Dr. Lipsky's research focuses on cancer genomics and new treatments for CLL. He has a special interest in using the latest bioinformatics techniques to study how cancer cells change and adapt during treatment. Utilizing these genomic insights, he hopes to better inform clinical trials and hasten the development of innovative therapies for patients with hematologic malignancies.Dr. Lipsky earned his medical degree from Rutgers - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. He completed internship and residency in internal medicine at Montefiore - Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He completed fellowship training in Hematology and Medical Oncology at New York Presbyterian Hospital – Weill Cornell Medical College, with an additional sub-fellowship in the clinical care of CLL and lymphoma. He also completed a postdoctoral research fellowship in lymphoma genomics and bioinformatics as part of the Molecular and Translation Oncology Research (MTOR) training program.