Experienced in Legius Syndrome

Dr. Bassel F. Shneker

Neurology
Montefiore Einstein
NuVasive Clinical Services Monitoring, Inc.
10275 Little Patuxent Pkwy, Suite 300, 
Columbia, MD 

Experienced in Legius Syndrome
Montefiore Einstein
NuVasive Clinical Services Monitoring, Inc.
10275 Little Patuxent Pkwy, Suite 300, 
Columbia, MD 
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Overview

Bassel Shneker is a Neurologist in Columbia, Maryland. Dr. Shneker is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Legius Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Cervical Myelopathy, Hemangioblastoma, Dysembryoplastic Neuroepithelial Tumors (DNET), and Brain Stem Cancer.

His clinical research consists of co-authoring 11 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.

Graduate Institution
Damascus University
Residency
University of Virginia Health System
Specialties
Neurology
Licenses
Psychiatry & Neurology in NM
Fellowships
University of Virginia Health System
Hospital Affiliations
University Of Virginia Medical Center
Yale-New Haven Hospital
Reston Hospital Center
New England Baptist Hospital
Pelham Medical Center
Languages Spoken
English
Gender
Male

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Locations

NuVasive Clinical Services Monitoring, Inc.
10275 Little Patuxent Pkwy, Suite 300, Columbia, MD 21044
Call: 410-740-2370

Additional Areas of Focus

Dr. Shneker has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.

Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1)

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.


11 Total Publications

Psychiatric and cognitive adverse events: A pooled analysis of three phase III trials of adjunctive eslicarbazepine acetate for partial-onset seizures.
Psychiatric and cognitive adverse events: A pooled analysis of three phase III trials of adjunctive eslicarbazepine acetate for partial-onset seizures.
Journal: Epilepsy & behavior : E&B
Published: April 26, 2017
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Nuvasive Clinical Services Monitoring, Inc./Assoc. PLLC

10275 Little Patuxent Parkway, Suite 300, 
Columbia, MD 
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