Sylvie Destian, MD
Appointed 03/07/11
E3513 Upstate University Hospital - Downtown Campus
750 East Adams Street
Syracuse, NY 13210
315 464-8668
750 East Adams Street
Syracuse, NY 13210
315 464-8668
Current Appointments
- Associate Professor of Radiology
Hospital Campus
Clinical Section Affiliations
- Radiology: Neuroradiology
Education & Fellowships
- Fellowship: New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, 1988, Neuroradiology
- Residency: New York University/Bellevue Hospital, 1986, Diagnostic Radiology
- Internship: Hahnemann University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, 1983, Obstetrics & Gynecology
- MD: Temple University, 1982
Research Interests
Brain tumors, AIDS, head and neck, and Pediatric Neuro
Specialties & Certification
- Diagnostic Radiology
- Neuroradiology
Diseases & Conditions Treated
- Atherosclerosis
- Bacterial Meningitis in Adults
- Bacterial Meningitis in Children
- Bell's Palsy
- Blurred Vision
- Bone Cancer
- Bone Infection
- Brachial Plexus Injury
- Brachial plexopathy
- Brain Abscess
- Brain Aneurysm
- Brain Cancer
- Brain Injury
- Brain Tumor
- Brain and Spine Tumors
- Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
- Carotid Artery Aneurysm
- Cervical Radiculopathy
- Chiari Malformation
- Chronic Sinusitis
- Cluster Headaches
- Confusion
- Congenital and Developmental Malformations of the Nervous System
- Curved Spine or Scoliosis
- Dementia
- Developmental Delay
- Dysphagia
- Enlarged Lymph Nodes
- Epilepsy
- Eye Infections
- Failure to Thrive (FTT)
- Head and Neck Tumors and Masses
- Headaches
- Hodgkin's Lymphoma
- Hypercholesterolemia
- Lumbar Stenosis
- Lumbosacral Plexopathy
- Lumbosacral Radiculopathy
- Middle Ear Infection
- Migraine Headache
- Migraine Headaches in Children
- Multiple Myeloma
- Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
- Myelopathy
- Nasal Cavity Cancer
- Neck Injuries
- Nervous System Complications of AIDS
- Nervous System Vascular Lesions
- Neurofibromatosis
- Orbit Cancer
- Osteoarthritis
- Outer Ear Infection
- Pediatric Brain Trauma
- Pediatric Brain Tumor
- Pediatric Spinal Cord Tumor
- Pituitary Disorders
- Pituitary Tumors
- Retinoblastoma
- Sciatica
- Seizures
- Sinusitis
- Sjogren's Syndrome
- Slipped Disk or Herniated Disk
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Spinal Fracture
- Spinal Stenosis
- Spondylolisthesis
- Spondylolysis and Spondylolisthesis
- Stroke
- Syncope
- Syringomyelia
- Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
- Temporomandibular Joint Syndrome (TMJ)
- Thoracic radiculopathy
- Tinnitus
- Transverse myelitis
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
- Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (TSC)
Treats
- Adults and Children
Treatments/Services
- Computed Tomography (CT) Scan
- Lumbar Puncture
- MR Imaging
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
Current Hospital Privileges
- Upstate University Hospital
Clinical Profile Shortcut: http://www.upstate.edu/findadoc/destians
Faculty Profile Shortcut: http://www.upstate.edu/faculty/destians
Faculty Profile Shortcut: http://www.upstate.edu/faculty/destians
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