Dr. Matthew Robbins, MD

Dr. Matthew S. Robbins, MD, is a neurologist in New York City who specializes in headache medicine. He practices with Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian at 520 E 70th St, and his clinical focus includes migraine, cluster headache, new daily persistent headache, spinal fluid (CSF) pressure and volume problems such as CSF leaks, and visual snow syndrome (https://weillcornell.org/matthew-robbins-md).

He earned a B.S. from Yale University and his M.D. from SUNY Downstate College of Medicine (listed as 2004). He completed neurology residency at Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center, where he was chief resident, followed by a headache medicine fellowship at the Montefiore Headache Center. He spent about a decade on the Montefiore-Einstein faculty before joining Weill Cornell in 2018, where he is a Professor of Neurology and directs the neurology residency program (https://neurosurgery.weillcornell.org/faculty/matthew-robbins-md, https://doctors.nyp.org/matthew-robbins-md/weill-cornell-medicine-headache-program).

He is active in national headache medicine organizations. He was elected President of the American Headache Society for 2026–2028, previously served as its Treasurer and a board member, and founded and chaired its national Resident Education Program. He is also President of the New York State Neurological Society and serves on the editorial boards of the journals Headache, Continuum, and Current Pain and Headache Reports (https://americanheadachesociety.org/news/american-headache-society-new-board-of-directors-2026-2028, https://www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/WNL.0000000000208084).

His public writing and teaching follow standard, evidence-based headache care, such as reviews of in-office headache procedures and the epidemiology of headache disorders. No public statements promoting supplements, alternative medicine, or positions against mainstream treatment guidelines were found. In CMS Open Payments for 2021–2025, he has $0 in reported industry payments across 0 records; such payments are common and legal, and none are listed for him.