Rajesh Burela, D.O.
Neurology Resident Physician
Rajesh Burela, D.O. is a neurology resident physician at Northwell Health in Poughkeepsie, New York. He earned his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine from Kansas City University preceded by a Master of Science in Cell and Molecular Biology from Tulane University and a Bachelor of Science in Integrative Neuroscience from Binghamton University.
Dr. Burela’s clinical training spans a wide range of neurological conditions including stroke, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, movement disorders and headache. He is skilled in advanced procedures such as Botox for migraine, occipital nerve blocks and trigger point injections and regularly uses EEG, MRI and CT imaging in diagnosis and patient management.
His research focuses on cerebrovascular disease, headache medicine and innovative applications of technology in neurology. He has contributed to multinational clinical trials in acute stroke and secondary prevention and led projects on portable MRI for early stroke diagnosis, virtual reality for perioperative anxiety reduction and community-based headache education.
Committed to leadership and education, Dr. Burela serves on the Graduate Medical Education and Thrombectomy Capable Stroke Center Committees and is an active member of the American Academy of Neurology, the American Headache Society and Advancing Leaders in Migraine.
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