COVID-19: Read the latest research news and education updates

Einstein Community: Review policies & guidelines, access self-check app, and view dashboard.

  • Library
  • Intranet
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
  • About
  • Education
  • Research
  • Departments & Centers
Giving
Search
Menu
Montefiore Health System
  • Faculty Directory
  • Research Connections
  • Faculty Directory
  • Research Connections
Information For
  • Alumni
  • Donors
  • Faculty
  • Postdocs
  • Students (Prospective, Current)
  • Visitors
Quick Links
  • About
  • Administration
  • Departments & Centers
  • Directory
  • Education & Admissions
  • Events
  • Find Faculty
  • Giving
  • Health
  • Intranet
  • Library
  • Research
  • Webmail
News & Media
  • Newsroom
  • Blog
  • Einstein in the News
  • Expert List for Media
  • Features
  • Magazine
  • Multimedia
  • News Releases
  • Research Briefs
  • Social Media Hub

Faculty Profile

  • Home
  • Faculty Directory
  • Herbert H. Schaumburg, M.D.

Herbert H. Schaumburg, M.D.

Herbert H. Schaumburg

Distinguished Professor Emeritus, The Saul R. Korey Department of Neurology

Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Department of Pathology

Contact Information

718.430.2002718.430.3664

Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Jack and Pearl Resnick Campus

1300 Morris Park Avenue
Forchheimer Building, Room 117N
Bronx, NY 10461

Research ProfilesPubMed Portal

More Resources: Curriculum VitaeClinical Experience with Neurotoxic Disease

Is this your profile? Edit profile

Professional Interests

Dr. Schaumburg’s principal clinical and experimental research activities are focused upon the effect of environmental, occupational, and pharmaceutical chemicals on the nervous system. He has authored or co-authored over 100 papers on these subjects in the peer-reviewed literature, and is recognized as an authority in the field of neurotoxicology. He is co-editor, with Dr. Peter Spencer, of two editions of the standard textbook in the field, “Experimental and Clinical Neurotoxicology” (Oxford University Press 2000).

His active clinical practice is located in the Department of Neurology at the Montefiore Medical Center; he is available to travel to see patients or conduct clinical studies. His experimental studies, supported by extramural funds from governmental and non-governmental sources, are performed in the Neuropathology Laboratories at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

Dr. Schaumburg was given the Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in Teaching in May 2012. This is the summary read for the award ceremony: During his 48-year career at Einstein, Dr. Herbert Schaumburg, Professor of Neurology and of Pathology, has served this institution in multiple capacities: as a superb clinician and researcher, departmental leader, and consummate educator. He currently maintains a laboratory devoted to experimental neurotoxicology, an active clinical neurotoxicology practice at the Montefiore Medical Center, and is the neurology consultant for the New York City Poison Control Center at Bellevue Hospital. He has conducted evaluations of neurotoxic outbreaks in India, Egypt, and Latin America. Dr. Schaumburg has authored 118 papers in the peer-reviewed literature in neurotoxicology, and is co-editor of the textbooks Experimental and Clinical Neurotoxicology and Disorders of Peripheral Nerves. He was twice the recipient of the Moore Award at the annual meeting of the American Association of Neuropathology for his investigations of adrenoleukodystrophy. He has received extramural funding for his laboratory from the National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, and from industry. Dr. Schaumburg served as vice chair of the Department of Neurology from 1977-1984, as interim chair from 1984-1986, and as chair from 1986-2004. Long associated with the second-year Nervous System & Human Behavior course, Dr. Schaumburg is responsible for the peripheral neuropathy and neurotoxicology sections, as well as other clinical aspects of the course, and currently serves as its co-director with Dr. Joseph Arezzo. His students have praised him as a committed, energetic, and stimulating educator who is genuinely interested in fostering their learning. In recognition of his excellence in teaching, Dr. Schaumburg was elected to the Leo M. Davidoff Society in 1979. He is a graduate of Harvard College and the Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis. He completed a medical internship at Vanderbilt University Hospital, a neurology residency at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and a fellowship in neuropathology at the Massachusetts General Hospital.


Selected Publications

Dr.Schaumburg has published 118 manuscripts in peer reviewed journals. The majority describe experimental and clinical studies on the effects of toxic agents upon the nervous system. He also has co-edited, with Dr. Peter Spencer, a standard textbook in the field. This book, "Experimental and Clinical Neurotoxic Disease", is now in its second edition (2000). It is published by the Oxford University Press.  Dr. Schaumburg is also the senior author of the textbook "Disorders of Peripheral Nerve" now in its third edition, also published by Oxford University Press.  Select the link "Curriculum Vitae" to review the specifics of the publications.

In the News

  • Monday, July 30, 2012

    The Island Current (print only) profiles Herbert H. Schaumburg, M.D., who was awarded Einstein's Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in Teaching at its most recent commencement ceremony in June. Dr. Schaumburg is professor in the Saul R. Korey Department of Neurology and the department of pathology.

  • About Einstein
    • History
    • Dean's Page
    Administration
    • Administrative Departments
    Alumni
  • Careers
    Centers (Research)
    Contact Us
    Departments
    Donors
    • Giving to Einstein
  • Education
    • Graduate Medical Education (G.M.E.)
    • Graduate Program (Ph.D.)
    • Master of Science in Bioethics (M.B.E.)
    • Master of Science in Clinical Research Methods (M.S.)
    • Medical Program (M.D.)
    • MSTP Program (M.D. - Ph.D.)
  • Einstein Senate
    Faculty Directory
    Health
    • Affiliated Institutions
    • Clinical Programs
    • Global Health
    • E-M Partnership
    INTRANET
    Library
    Luminis Portal
  • Newsroom
    • Blog
    • Einstein in the News
    • Expert List for Media
    • Features
    • Magazine
    • Multimedia
    • News Releases
    • Research Briefs
    • Social Media Hub
  • Policies
    Research
    • Collaboration Zone
    • Scientific Resources
    Video
    Visitors
    • Campus Map
    • Directions
    Webmail

Albert Einstein College of MedicineMontefiore

  • Stay Connected
ALBERT EINSTEIN ©
College of Medicine
© Albert Einstein College of Medicine | Jack and Pearl Resnick Campus | 1300 Morris Park Avenue Bronx, NY 10461
718.430.2000 | Privacy Policy | Terms of Use | Webmaster | Accessibility Statement

© 2021 Albert Einstein College of Medicine
1300 Morris Park Avenue Bronx, NY 10461
718.430.2000

Click here to log in