Teena Shetty MD Concussion Program PC

Tel: 212.496.4960

Address:

418 E 71st St, 5th Floor

New York, NY 10069

Email: office@teenashettymd.com

Teena Shetty, MD, M.Phil., FAAN

Dr. Shetty is an internationally-recognized expert and is transforming the field of concussion with her innovative, patient-centered approach. Through a holistic and multidisciplinary approach, she specializes in providing acute care and is redefining recovery by integrating evidence-based practices with innovative treatment paradigms designed to both mitigate and prevent future concussions. Working closely with a diverse team of experts, including physical and vestibular therapists, athletic trainers, acupuncturists, and neuropsychologists, Dr. Shetty tailors every aspect of recovery to meet the unique needs of each individual. Her commitment to patient education and cutting-edge research ensures that patients receive comprehensive care that addresses both immediate and long-term recovery goals, including life-long brain health.

Dr. Shetty is a triple board certified neurologist specializing in sports neurology and concussions. Prior to opening her private multidisciplinary concussion clinic, she served as a neurologist at Hospital for Special Surgery and was the Founder and Director of the Concussion Program in Neurology at HSS. In addition, Dr. Shetty has lectured extensively on concussion biomarkers, her concussion treatment algorithm, and barriers to recovery at national and international conferences. She has been an invited presenter at the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) Annual Conference, the AAN Sports Concussion Conference, the General Electric SIGNA Masters Neuro Summit, the American Society of Neuroradiology Annual Conference, the Annual Traumatic Brain Injury Conference, the Annual American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine Conference, and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting, among others. Her work and expertise have been featured in major national media including CNN, CBS 60 Minutes, MSNBC, NBC, Good Morning America, Fox, and Sirius Radio.

She has also been appointed to serve on numerous prestigious national committees and advisory groups, including the National Football League Project Oversight Committee, the NFL’s Concussion Expert Guideline Meeting, the Medical Advisory Board for the GE–NFL Head Health Initiative, and the New York Liberty Performance Advisory Board.

Dr. Shetty has extensive experience caring for concussions in professional athletes, having worked as an unaffiliated neurotrauma consultant for the NFL, independent neurologist for the New York Giants, neurologist for the New York Mets, and was most recently appointed the neurologist for the New York Liberty of the WNBA. She has served in the past as consultant for the NHL Players Association and helped develop the New York Mets Concussion Return-to-Play Protocol.

Dr. Shetty is a Fulbright scholar who received her medical degree and bachelor’s degree with honors from Brown University. Additionally, she attended Oxford University and then later the University of Cambridge where she received her master of philosophy degree in medicine. She completed her neurology residency at Weill Cornell Medical College, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. Dr. Shetty received her fellowship training in neuromuscular diseases at Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital. Soon after, she continued her fellowship training at Hospital for Special Surgery in neuromuscular diseases and intraoperative monitoring. Dr. Shetty has been featured in Crain's New York Business "40 under Forty", an annual listing of 40 successful professionals under the age of 40. She was also featured in the November 2011 issue of Marie Claire magazine presenting eight inspirational professional women in New York City.

During her time at Hospital for Special Surgery, Dr. Shetty was the principal investigator of multiple grants funded by the GE-NFL Head-Health Initiative, Abbott pharmaceuticals, Perseus/Chembio and TEVA pharmaceuticals. She was also appointed to the GE-NFL Medical Advisory Board. Her research is on imaging and blood biomarkers in mild TBI and barriers to concussion recovery. She is also the author of Healing the Brain, a book published by Penguin Random House presenting her acute concussion protocol which has successfully healed thousands of patients. She is deeply committed to acute intervention and to achieving complete concussion recovery in her practice.

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Dr. Shetty in the News

American Academy of Neurology: HSS Studies Identify Potential Profile and Treatment Options for Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
Scientific American: How Dangerous Are Soccer Concussions? They May Cause Lasting Damage
CNN Special Report: “Immaculate Concussion: The Truth Behind Havana Syndrome”
Neurology Today: Longitudinal Assessments Are Key to Tracking Cognitive Outcomes and Best Interventions After Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
Boston Globe: Diplomat sickened in China pledges to donate his brain
CBS News: Brain Trauma Suffered by U.S. Diplomats Abroad Could Be Work of Hostile Foreign Government

Special Expertise

Sports Neurology
Concussions
Spine Disorders
Neuromuscular Disorders
Electromyography
Intraoperative Monitoring

Insurance

Dr. Shetty is dedicated to allocating sufficient time to each patient to thoroughly review their medical history and determine appropriate treatment. Accordingly, our practice maintains the following policy:

Dr. Shetty does not participate with any commercial insurance and she has opted out of Medicare. Payment is expected at the time of the visit.

Credentials

Appointments

Founder and Director, Concussion Clinic, Hospital for Special Surgery
Attending Neurologist, Hospital for Special Surgery
Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology, Weill Cornell Medical College
Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

Affiliations

Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology
Fellow of American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine

Certifications

American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (Neurology)
American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, additional subspecialty certification in Neuromuscular Medicine

Awards

Selected for Crains 40 under 40 by Crains Business New York
Election to Sigma Xi Honor Society
Fulbright Scholarship

Education

Education: MPhil, University of Cambridge, England
Medical School: The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Residency: Cornell - New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York
Fellowship: Harvard-Brigham and Women's Hospital, in Neuromuscular diseases, Neurophysiology and EMG, Boston, Massachusetts
Hospital for Special Surgery, EMG and Intraoperative Monitoring Neurophysiology, New York
Institute of Neurology, Visiting Research Fellow, Queen Square, London

State Licensure

New York

Languages

English, French

Publications by Dr. Shetty

Patient Education

Concussions in Kids and Teens: What Parents Should Know

Selected Journal Articles

2025
White Matter Hyperintensities on High-Resolution 3-T MRI: Frequency in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Associations With Clinical Markers-A Prospective Controlled Multicenter Study.
AJR Am J Roentgenol
Tanwar M, Miller E, Tsiouris AJ, Nguyen J, Agarwal V, Marinelli L, Erdemir GA, Shetty T
2023
Comparisons of electrophysiological markers of impaired executive attention after traumatic brain injury and in healthy aging.
Neuroimage
Kim N, Jamison K, Jaywant A, Garetti J, Blunt E, RoyChoudhury A, Butler T, Dams-O'Connor K, Khedr S, Chen CC, Shetty T, Winchell R, Hill NJ, Schiff ND, Kuceyeski A, Shah SA
2023
Disparities in concussion diagnoses compared to ankle injuries.
PM R
Marmor WA, McElheny KD, Lingor RJ, Shetty T, Lin E, Casey E, Ling DI
2020
Post-concussion Vulnerability to Transient Global Amnesia.
Front Neurol
Garvey MD, Miller CJ, Kim EU, Skulikidis G, Shetty T
2020
Increased sensitivity to traumatic axonal injury on postconcussion diffusion tensor imaging scans in National Football League players by using premorbid baseline scans.
J Neurosurg
Niogi SN, Luther N, Kutner K, Shetty T, McCrea HJ, Barnes R, Weiss L, Warren RF, Rodeo SA, Zimmerman RD, Moss NS, Tsiouris AJ, Härtl R
2019
Sex and Gender Driven Modifiers of Alzheimer's: The Role for Estrogenic Control Across Age, Race, Medical, and Lifestyle Risks.
Front Aging Neurosci
Rahman A, Jackson H, Hristov H, Isaacson RS, Saif N, Shetty T, Etingin O, Henchcliffe C, Brinton RD, Mosconi L
2019
High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein: Retrospective Study of Potential Blood Biomarker of Inflammation in Acute Mild Traumatic Brain Injury.
J Head Trauma Rehabil
Shetty T, Cogsil T, Dalal A, Kim E, Halvorsen K, Cummings K, Nguyen JT
2019
Transcranial motor-evoked potentials for prediction of postoperative neurologic and motor deficit following surgery for thoracolumbar scoliosis.
Orthop Rev (Pavia)
Miller SM, Donegan SW, Voigt N, Eltorai AEM, Nguyen J, Machan JT, Daniels AH, Shetty T
2019
Longitudinal Resting State Functional Connectivity Predicts Clinical Outcome in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury.
J Neurotrauma
Madhavan R, Joel SE, Mullick R, Cogsil T, Niogi SN, Tsiouris AJ, Mukherjee P, Masdeu JC, Marinelli L, Shetty T
2019
Risk Factors for Nerve Injury After Total Hip Arthroplasty: A Case-Control Study.
J Arthroplasty
Shetty T, Nguyen JT, Wu A, Sasaki M, Bogner E, Burge A, Cogsil T, Kim EU, Cummings K, Su EP, Lyman S
2018
Clinical Findings in a Multicenter MRI Study of Mild TBI.
Front Neurol
Shetty T, Nguyen JT, Cogsil T, Tsiouris AJ, Niogi SN, Kim EU, Dalal A, Halvorsen K, Cummings K, Zhang T, Masdeu JC, Mukherjee P, Marinelli L
2018
Risk factors for acute nerve injury after total knee arthroplasty.
Muscle Nerve
Shetty T, Nguyen JT, Sasaki M, Wu A, Bogner E, Burge A, Cogsil T, Dalal A, Halvorsen K, Cummings K, Su EP, Lyman S
2016
Statements of Agreement From the Targeted Evaluation and Active Management (TEAM) Approaches to Treating Concussion Meeting Held in Pittsburgh, October 15-16, 2015.
Neurosurgery
Collins MW, Kontos AP, Okonkwo DO, Almquist J, Bailes J, Barisa M, Bazarian J, Bloom OJ, Brody DL, Cantu R, Cardenas J, Clugston J, Cohen R, Echemendia R, Elbin RJ, Ellenbogen R, Fonseca J, Gioia G, Guskiewicz K, Heyer R, Hotz G, Iverson GL, Jordan B, Manley G, Maroon J, McAllister T, McCrea M, Mucha A, Pieroth E, Podell K, Pombo M, Shetty T, Sills A, Solomon G, Thomas DG, Valovich McLeod TC, Yates T, Zafonte R
2016
Imaging in Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy and Traumatic Brain Injury.
Sports Health
Shetty T, Raince A, Manning E, Tsiouris AJ

For all publications, please see the PubMed listing

Selected Presentations

General Electric SIGNA Masters Neuro Summit, October 2018: “GE NFL Head Health Initiative: Phase I and II”

Annual American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AANEM) Conference, September 2016: “Spine Injury in Sports”

American Society of Neuroradiology (ASNR) Conference, May 2016: “Go Deeper: The GE NFL Head Health Research Project”

6th Annual Traumatic Brain Injury Conference in Washington, DC, May 2016: “The Biomarker Potential for TBI”

Research Areas

Blood biomarkers for concussion
Algorithms for concussion management
Barriers to concussion recovery
MRI biomarker of acute concussion
Serial diffusion tensor imaging in football players after concussions

Clinical Trials / Studies

High sensitivity C-reactive protein: retrospective study of potential blood biomarker of inflammation in acute concussion patients and its relationship to vestibular and neuropsychological outcomes
Advanced Applications for Mild Traumatic Brain Injury – Phase 1 (with GE)
Advanced Applications for Mild Traumatic Brain Injury – Phase 2 (with GE)
Exploratory Biomarker Study in Subjects with Head Injuries (with Marker Dx)
The Women’s Soccer and Basketball Health Study: From Head to Toe

Patient Stories

“After experiencing a concussion while playing ice hockey in an adult league, and then a possible second one a few months later, I contacted Dr. Shetty to ensure I was dealing with my recovery correctly. She and her staff immediately put into action a comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach that gave me the comfort that I was on a good path. While daunting at first, I followed the program strictly (and admittedly at times reluctantly). This not only led to a full concussion recovery, but also an improved commitment to my overall health. Dr. Shetty's holistic approach was motivating, and it worked. And I continue to implement a lot of what she required. It was worth the effort.”

“Dr. Shetty’s words, “young, motivated, and resilient” became one of my mantra’s as I navigated my active concussion recovery program including neck physical therapy, exertion therapy, vestibular therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, psychiatry, and acupuncture. My recovery also included a 10-day rest period (no screens, exercise, or reading, and 12-14 hours of sleep per day). After just 4 days for the first time in months, I began to realize there is a path to a life without a 6-month long constant headache.”

“From the moment Dr. Shetty entered the examination room, I knew I was where I needed to be, I felt both safe and supported. Dr. Shetty’s intelligence and calm demeanor along with her treatment plan was the solution that I was searching for. Her concussion protocol was challenging to follow at first but as each day passed it became easier. Her whole body approach combined with her team of specialists was refreshing, impactful and best of all, yielded positive results.”

“Dr Shetty provided a full, holistic approach to recovery which included athletic therapy, vestibular therapy, acupuncture, cognitive behavioral sessions with a concussion - specialist therapist. Dr Shetty truly provided a step by step plan of recovery that included careful monitoring, weekly revised plans to provide to the school which allowed for increased physical and cognitive functioning. We are so grateful for the caring, truly loving, experience that Dr. Shetty and her amazing team provided to Meadow and even myself. It was a six week process of A+ medical supervision and guidance led by brilliant Dr. Shetty.”