Debbie Get rid of any damn doctor who won't call you back - he has too many patients or too many golf games. I did. No first hand knowledge but I have some second hand - 3 different people - that Mt. Sinai Medical Center, NYC, is better than Columbia Pres. for PD. [I don't know that anyplace specializes in the Plus's] Contact person @ Mt. Sinai is, I was told, Rachel Rubin at 212 426 7636 -----Original Message----- From: Debbie White <[log in to unmask]> To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thursday, November 12, 1998 8:56 PM Subject: NY doctors >Here we go again. > >My mother Joyce (69/1), now diagnosed with Parkinson's Plus (straitonigral >degeneration), is looking for a doctor to consult with. There are many >great things about her new doctor, but her attempts at calling him during >times of distress have gone unnoticed (he's never called back). She's >thinking of going to Columbia Presbyterian (NYC). I think she mentioned a >Dr. Cody (sp?). > >Has anyone ever heard of this doctor? Any other recommendations in NYC?? >Thanks. > > > >Debbie White >[log in to unmask]