Noam Yehezkel Harel MD PhD

Neurorehabilitation, Spinal Disorder

Associate Professor at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Neurology Rehabilitation & Human Performance

17 E 102nd St6TH floorNew York, NY 10029
Phone+1 212-824-7134

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Education & Training

Yale-New Haven HospitalFellowship, Clinical Neuroscience, 2004 - 2005
New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus)Residency, Neurology, 2001 - 2004
Pennsylvania Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Health SystemInternship, Internal Medicine, 2000 - 2001
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaClass of 2000, MD
University of PennsylvaniaPh.D., Molecular Biology, 1998

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Certifications & Licensure

NY State Medical License 2001 - 2027
CT State Medical License 2005 - 2011
PA State Medical License 2000 - 2001
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology
United Council for Neurologic SubspecialtiesNeural Repair and Rehabilitation

Clinical Trials

Multimodal Exercises to Improve Leg Function After Spinal Cord Injury Start of enrollment: 2013 Jan 01
COMPLETED
NA
Interactions Between Neurostimulation and Physical Exercise Start of enrollment: 2017 Apr 01
WITHDRAWN
NA
Cervical Electrical Stimulation for ALS Start of enrollment: 2018 Jan 04
COMPLETED
NA

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Do Leg-Focused Exercises Improve Arm and Hand Function for Individuals With Neurologic Disorders? A Scoping Review.
Katrina S Nietsch, Lauren E Kinne, Gloria Willson, Noam Y Harel, Lynda M Murray
Archives of Rehabilitation Research and Clinical Translation. 2026-06-01
Beyond Clinical Predictors: Determining the Impact of Psychosocial Factors in Chronic Pain After Spinal Cord Injury.
Andrew D Delgado, Rachel Fremont, Thomas N Bryce, Lewis E Tomalin, Noam Y Harel
Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 2026-06-01
A protocol for developing screening criteria for degenerative cervical myelopathy: AO Spine Myelopathy.org RECODE-DCM.
Lindsay Tetreault, Tanzil Rujeedawa, Lance A Burn, Carl Zipser, Chad Cook
Spinal Cord. 2026-05-01

Journal Articles

A Simple Geometric Analysis Method for Measuring and Mitigating RF Induced Currents on Deep Brain Stimulations Leads by Multichannel transmission/reception
Jerrold Vitek, Michael C Park, Noam Harel, ScienceDirect
Microelectrode Recordings Validate the Clinical Visualization of Subthalamic-Nucleus Based on 7T Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Machine Learning for Deep Brain Stimula...
Noam Harel, Noam Harel, Neurosurgery
Adaptation of computerized posturography to assess seated balance in persons with spinal cord injury
Harel NY, Asselin PK, Fineberg DB, Pisano TJ, Bauman WA, Spungen, AM, J Spinal Cord Med. 2012, in press.

Books/Book Chapters

Neurological aspects of spinal cord injury
Chapter: Spasticity
Page 303 - 324Harel NY and Tansey KEEditors: Weidner, Rupp, Tansey.SpringerEdition 1st,2017
Merritt's Neurology
Chapter: Acute spinal cord syndromes
Page 130 - 136Weathered NR and Harel NYEditors: Louis, Mayer, Rowland.Wolters Kluwer HealthEdition 13th,2015
Merritt's Neurology
Chapter: Acquired and hereditary myelopathis
Page 959 - 967Weathered NR and Harel NYEditors: Louis, Mayer, Rowland.Wolters Kluwer HealthEdition 13th,2015

Lectures

Hebbian Rehabilitation for Spinal Cord Injury: Regaining Conscious Control Over Spared Circuits
Grand Rounds at Mount Sinai School of Medicine Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, New York, NY
Using Exoskeletal Walking to Improve Sitting in Motor Complete SCI
Platform presentation at Academy of Spinal Cord Injury Professionals meeting, Las Vegas, Nev.
A Hebbian Approach to Retraining Spared Circuits after Spinal Cord Injury
Poster presentation at American Academy of Neurology meeting, New Orleans, La.