David Hojnacki
Jacobs MS Center, SUNY University at Buffalo, USA
Dr. David Hojnacki is a neurologist in Buffalo, New York and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Buffalo General Medical Center and Roswell Park Cancer Institute. He received his medical degree from Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and has been in practice for 13 years. Dr. Hojnacki accepts several types of health insurance, listed below. He is one of 15 doctors at Buffalo General Medical Center and one of 2 at Roswell Park Cancer Institute who specialize in Neurology.
After completing his Neurology residency at the University at Buffalo, he received the National Multiple Sclerosis fellowship in 2006 and trained at the Jacobs Neurological Institute, Baird MS Center. In 2007, he began fellowship training in Diagnostic Neuroimaging with William Kinkel, MD FAAN one of the founding members of the American Society of Neuroimaging. In 2008, he joined the University at Buffalo, Department of Neurology as an Assistant Professor of Neurology. he is board certified in Neurology with fellowship training in both Multiple Sclerosis/Neuroimmunology and Diagnostic Neuroimaging.
In outpatient clinical practice, he evaluate for and treat conditions in neuroimmunology such as Multiple Sclerosis, Neuromyelitis optica (Devic’s Disease), Neurosarcoiodosis and Central Nervous System vasculitis. In addition to this, he provide diagnostic reports of brain and spine MRI’s for the Department of Neurology in the evaluation of all neurologic diseases. While on hospital service, he diagnose and treat all neurologic conditions as well as provide teaching to the neurology residents and medical students in training.
His research interests include Multiple Sclerosis, its etiology and treatment, diagnostic neuroimaging and neuroimaging analysis as well as stem cell research. He is currently the site principal investigator for two emerging therapies in multiple sclerosis: Anti-LINGO, the first potential drug for remyelination of damaged nervous system tissue and daclizumab a once a month subcutaneous injection for multiple sclerosis. He also participate in numerous studies of all aspects of Multiple Sclerosis. In neuroimaging, He is involved in the development of advanced MRI techniques for many neurological conditions both for diagnosis and monitoring of disease progression.
Education and Training:
Neurology Fellowship, Diagnostic Neuroimaging, University at Buffalo (2008)
Neurology Fellowship, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, University at Buffalo (2008)
Neurology Residency, Neurology, University at Buffalo (2006)
Internship, Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine, University at Buffalo (2003)
MD, University at Buffalo (2002)
Employment:
Medical Director, Neurology, Jacobs Neurological Institute Infusion Center (2008-present)
Clinical Assistant Professor, Neurology, University at Buffalo (2006-present)
Awards and Honors:
National Multiple Sclerosis Society Clinical Fellowship (2006)
Chief Resident of Neurology (2006)
Resident Teacher of the Year (2006)
Resident Teacher of the Year (2005)
Neurologists diagnose and treat disorders of the brain, spinal cord, peripheral nerves, muscles, and the involuntary nervous system that controls the heart, lungs and other organs. They treat headaches, stroke, dementia, seizures, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, sleep disorders and neuromuscular diseases.