Alejandro Daniel Iglesias, MD
Overview
Alejandro Iglesias, MD is Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Director of the Inherited Metabolic Program, Program Director of the Medical Genetics Residency program and Attending Physician in the Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics at New York Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center. He is a clinical and biochemical geneticist primarily interested in inherited metabolic disorders and neurogenetics and dysmorphology. In his role as Director of the Inherited Metabolic Program he is deeply involved in all aspects related with the diagnosis, management and overall care of patients and families with these disorders. In addition, he is in charge of the education of young physicians and medical students in the field of IMD.
As an educator, he is in charge of the medical biochemistry lecture series for the first year medical students at the Physicians & Surgeons Medical School at Columbia University paving the way for a new generations of brilliant medical students at Columbia University. Finally, his involvement with the diagnosis and care of patients with X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy has been one of his main accomplishments in the recent years, especially since the introduction of newborn screening in New York State. He has a been involved from the beginning in the development of the program and is active member of the NYS group of metabolic physicians taking care of these patients. In addtion he has been actively involved in all developments asscoiated with newborn screening for Krabbe disease and Pompe disease.
Areas of Expertise / Conditions Treated
- Autism and Pervasive Develop Disorder
- Clinical Genetics
- Clinical Molecular Genetics
- Developmental Disorders
- Genetic Disorders
- Genetic Epilepsies
- Genetic Muscle Diseases
- Genetic Screening
- Genetic Skin Disease
- Genetic Testing
- Inborn Error of Metabolism
- Neurodevelopmental Disabilities
- Neurogenetics
- Pediatric Genetics
- Phenylketonuria (PKU)
- Reproductive Genetics
Academic Appointments
- Associate Professor of Pediatrics at CUMC
Administrative Titles
- Program Director Clinical Genetics Residency Program
Hospital Affiliations
- NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
- NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital
Languages
- Spanish
Gender
- Male
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Insurance Accepted
Aetna
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- EPO
- NYP Employee Plan
- NY Signature
- Student Health
Affinity Health Plan
- Essential Plan
- Medicaid Managed Care
Cigna
- EPO
- Great West (National)
- HMO
- Medicare Managed Care
- POS
- PPO
Emblem/GHI
- Medicare Managed Care
- PPO
Emblem/HIP
- ConnectiCare
- EPO
- Essential Plan
- HMO
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Medicare Managed Care
- POS
- PPO
- Select Care (Exchange)
- Vytra
Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield
- PPO
Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield HealthPlus
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Essential Plan
Fidelis Care
- Essential Plan
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Medicare Managed Care
Healthfirst
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Leaf (Exchange)
- Medicare Managed Care
Local 1199
- Local 1199
MagnaCare (National)
- MagnaCare
Medicare
- Railroad
- Traditional Medicare
Multiplan
- Multiplan
MVP Health Care
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Essential Plan
- HMO
- Medicaid Managed Care
Quality Health Management
- Quality Health Management
UnitedHealthcare
- Compass (Exchange)
- Empire Plan
- HMO
- Medicaid (Community Plan)
- Oxford Freedom
- Oxford HMO
- Oxford Liberty
- POS
- PPO
VNSNY CHOICE
- SelectHealth
- Special Needs
WellCare
- Medicare Managed Care
- New Jersey Services (Medicaid Managed Care)
World Trade Center Health Plan
- World Trade Center Health Plan
Credentials & Experience
Education & Training
- University of Buenos Aires Faculty of Medicine (Argentina)
- Internship: Hospital de Pediatria Pedro Elizalde, Buenos Aires Argentina
- Residency: Jacobi Medical Center
- Fellowship: Mount Sinai Hospital
- Fellowship: 1998 Mount Sinai Medical Center
Committees, Societies, Councils
American Society of Human Genetics
Society of Inherited Metabolic Diseases
Latin American Society of Inborn Errors of Metabolism and Newborn Screening
Board Certifications
- Clinical Biochemical Genetics
- Pediatrics
- Clinical Genetics and Genomics (MD)
Research
For a complete list of publications, please visit PubMed.gov