Background
Sands, George Harry was born on February 23, 1951 in New York City. Son of Nathan Leonard and Margaret Lee (Annenberg) Sands.
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George Harry Sands
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Education
AB, Columbia University, 1973; diploma in medical science, U. Catholique de Louvain, Belgium, 1975; Doctor of Medicine, Albert Einstein College Medicine, 1978.
Career
Intern and resident, Harlem Hospital Center, New York City, 1978-1980;
neurology resident, Albert Einstein College Medicine, Bronx, 1980-1983;
neuromuscular fellow, Hospital for Special Surgery, Cornell Medical Center, New York City, 1983-1984;
physician-in-charge, division neurology, Queens Hospital Center, Jamaica, New York, 1984-1986;
physician-in-charge, department neurology, Queens Hospital Center, Jamaica, New York, 1986-1988;
director department neurology, Queens Hospital Center, Jamaica, New York, 1988-1995;
attending neurologist, department neurology, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, New York, 1984-1993;
attneding neurologist, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York City, 1993-1997;
attneding neurologist, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York City, since 1997. Chairman pharmacy and therapeutics committee Queens Hospital Center, 1987-1992, vice-chairman bylaws committee since 1986, member library and research committee, 1986. Member humansubject review committee Long Island Jewish Medical Center, 1986-1990, member search committee for chairman, department of psychiatry, 1987-1988.
Attending neurologist headache unit, Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center, Bronx, 1983-1986.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow American Academy Neurology (access to neurological care task force 1989-1991, chairman non-neurologist education subcommittee 1991-1997, section on neurologic education since 1989, among others). Member American Medical Association, American Association for Study of Headache (practice committee since 1988, bylaws committee since 1987), American Society Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, International Headache Society.
Interests
Connections
Children: Lena, Erica.
