Carol T. Maxfield, PHD

Neurophysiology offices aren’t thick on the ground below Union Square. Carol T. Maxfield, PHD keeps an office at 115 E 9th St, a stretch of sidewalk where the East Village’s older tenements meet the newer condo towers. The building itself is unremarkable, but the specialty isn’t—few local clinicians focus on the electrical language of the nervous system.

Patients who need nerve-conduction studies, evoked-potential testing, or quantitative EEG can find the tools and expertise here without trekking to a hospital outpatient department. The practice also handles intraoperative monitoring for surgeons who want real-time feedback on neural pathways. Because the field blends clinical care with research-grade instrumentation, the schedule sometimes fills weeks ahead, so it pays to plan.

Directions are easiest via the map; the 4/5/6 trains stop one block west at Astor Place. For appointments or questions, call (917) 655-0533. The block hums with students from NYU and the New School, so the sidewalks stay lively until late.