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Biography: Shyla Kodi, MD, is a neurologist at NewYork-Presbyterian Medical Group Hudson Valley and an attending physician in the department of neurology at NewYork-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital. She is board certified in neurology, epilepsy, sleep medicine, and clinical neurophysiology by American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. In addition to treating general neurological conditions, Dr. Kodi is a board-certified specialist in handling patients with various types of seizure disorders/intractable epilepsy and an array of sleep disorders, including obstructive sleep apnea, narcolepsy, restless leg syndrome, parasomnias, and insomnias. Dr Kodi is skilled at the treatment of intractable migraine headaches with Botox therapy and trigger point injections, which is also used in the treatment of muscle pain and muscle spasms.Dr. Kodi is a member of several professional organizations, including the American Academy of Neurology, American Academy of Sleep Medicine, and American Epilepsy Society. Before joining NewYork-Presbyterian, Dr. Kodi honed her expertise in treating patients with complex neurological conditions at Westchester Medical Center (WCM). She also taught medical students, and residents at WMC and New York Medical College. After graduating from Bangalore Medical College in Bangalore, India, Dr. Kodi served her internship at St. Vincent's Catholic Medical Center in Jamaica, New York. She completed her neurology residency at New York Medical College in Valhalla, New York and served her clinical neurophysiology fellowship at Jacobs Neurological Institute at SUNY Buffalo in New York. She continued her training with a sleep medicine fellowship at Winthrop University Hospital.

Biography: Dr. James Kirkland (Kirk) Roberts received an A.B. from Dartmouth College and his M.D. from Cornell University. He then completed residencies in internal medicine and neurology at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, followed by fellowship training in stroke and cerebrovascular diseases. Since 1997, his focus is on clinical practice. He sees all types of neurological disorders, but has a special interest in dizziness, vertigo, and balance problems.