Daniel J. Correa, MD

Daniel José Correa, MD is Deputy Chief of Neurology at Montefiore and Assistant Professor of Neurology at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. His clinical focuses include inpatient epilepsy monitoring, long-term EEG monitoring of acutely ill patients, and general neurology inpatient services.

Dr. Correa received his Bachelor of Science in biology at the University of Mary Washington in 2004. He continued his studies at Howard University College of Medicine, where he received his Doctor of Medicine in 2008. Dr. Correa completed his residency in neurology at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in 2012. He fulfilled his army duty at Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center, departing in 2016 as Chief of the Neuroscience and Rehabilitation Center.

Dr. Correa came to Montefiore to complete a fellowship in neurophysiology and epilepsy in 2017. During this time, Dr. Correa worked in parallel to receive his Master of Science in clinical research methods at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, which he completed in 2019.

Dr. Correa’s research explores areas of traumatic brain injury and epileptogenesis in post-traumatic epilepsy. His work focuses on developing solutions for implementation barriers in critical care and epilepsy clinical research.

He is a member of the American Academy of Neurology, NHMA, and the American Epilepsy Society.