Rebecca Gabrielle Straus Farber MD

Neurology•New York, NY

Neuroimmunology/Multiple Sclerosis

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Overview of Dr. Straus Farber

Dr. Rebecca Straus Farber is a neurologist in New York, NY and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including New York-Presbyterian Hospital, NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, and James J. Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center. She received her medical degree from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and has been in practice 17 years. She is one of 520 doctors at New York-Presbyterian Hospital and one of 258 doctors at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center who specialize in Neurology. She has more than 10 publications and over 350 citings.

Education & Training

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiClass of 2009

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Certifications & Licensure

FL State Medical License 2021 - Present
NY State Medical License 2011 - 2026
NJ State Medical License 2023 - 2025
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Allscripts TouchWorks EHR (Complete), Allscripts, 2017
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Allscripts TouchWorks EHR, Allscripts, 2017

Clinical Trials

A Study of Suboptimally Controlled Participants Previously Taking Oral or Infusion DMDs for RMS (MASTER-2) Start of enrollment: 2019 Jul 22
COMPLETED
Roles: Principal Investigator

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

6 citations
Efficacy of Dimethyl Fumarate in Young Adults with Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis: Analysis of the DEFINE, CONFIRM, and ENDORSE Studies.
Lilyana Amezcua, Yang Mao-Draayer, Wendy S Vargas, Rebecca Farber, Sara Schaefer
Neurology and Therapy. 2023-06-01
24 citations
Vaccination Against SARS-CoV-2 in Neuroinflammatory Disease: Early Safety/Tolerability Data.
Samantha Epstein, Zongqi Xia, Annie J Lee, Megan Dahl, Keith Edwards
Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders. 2022-01-01
27 citations
Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG) antibody-mediated disease: The difficulty of predicting relapses
Samantha Epstein, Seth N Levin, Kaho B. Onomichi, Christopher Langston, Anusha K. Yeshokumar
Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders. 2021-08-28