Distinguished in Epilepsy
Distinguished in Epilepsy

Overview

"Past work experience:

Director of Pediatric Epielpsy Surgery Program

Kosair Children's Hospital

Loiusville, KY

I was instrumental in establishing a pediatric epilepsy surgery program for the first time at Kosair Children's Hospital. I played a key role in more than twelve successful epilepsy surgeries for a variety of indications.

Clinical Interests

Intractable Pediatric Epilepsy, Surgical management of epilepsy

Recent Publications:

Book Chapter: ""Pediatric Epilepsy: A Century of Discovery"" by Shefali Karkare.

Dr. Karkare is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Epilepsy. Her top areas of expertise are Seizures, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, Epilepsy, and Absence Seizure.

Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 19 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, she has co-authored 9 articles in the study of Epilepsy.

Graduate Institution
Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College
Residency
Weill Cornell Medical College-New York Hospital
Specialties
Pediatric Neurology
Licenses
Psychiatry & Neurology in KY
Fellowships
New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell
Hospital Affiliations
Hofstra/Northwell School Of Medicine/Nursing
Long Island Jewish Medical Center
North Shore University Hospital
Languages Spoken
English
Hindi
Marathi
Gender
Female

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Anthem
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Blue Cross Blue Shield
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Cigna
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EmblemHealth
  • HMO
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  • MEDICARE PDP
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Health Care Services Corporation
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Health First
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Humana
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Medicaid
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Medicare
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Northwell Health
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Sentara Healthcare
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UnitedHealthcare
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  • POS
  • PPO
Wellcare
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  • HMO
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Locations

Cohen Children's Northwell Health Physician Partners Pediatric Neurology
2001 Marcus Avenue, Suite W290, Lake Success, NY 11042

Clinical Research

Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.


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