Dr. Derek J. Chong
Overview
Derek Chong is a Neurologist in New York, New York. Dr. Chong is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Rasmussen Encephalitis. His top areas of expertise are Seizures, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, Epilepsy, and Encephalitis.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 16 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
1317 3rd Avenue, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10021
130 East 77th Street, Black Hall, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10075
Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Chong 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.
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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Areas of Expertise
MediFind evaluates expertise by pulling from factors such as number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials, speaking at industry conferences, prescribing and referral patterns, and strength of connections with other experts in their field.
Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Distinguished
- Generalized Tonic-Clonic SeizureDr. Chong isDistinguished. Learn about Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure.
- SeizuresDr. Chong isDistinguished. Learn about Seizures.
- Advanced
- Anti-NMDA Receptor EncephalitisDr. Chong isAdvanced. Learn about Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis.
- EncephalitisDr. Chong isAdvanced. Learn about Encephalitis.
- EpilepsyDr. Chong isAdvanced. Learn about Epilepsy.
- Memory LossDr. Chong isAdvanced. Learn about Memory Loss.
- Rasmussen EncephalitisDr. Chong isAdvanced. Learn about Rasmussen Encephalitis.
- Experienced
- Absence SeizureDr. Chong isExperienced. Learn about Absence Seizure.
- Autosomal Dominant Nocturnal Frontal Lobe Epilepsy (ADNFLE)
- Autosomal Dominant Partial Epilepsy with Auditory Features
- Dravet SyndromeDr. Chong isExperienced. Learn about Dravet Syndrome.
- Epilepsy in ChildrenDr. Chong isExperienced. Learn about Epilepsy in Children.
- Epilepsy with Myoclonic-Atonic Seizures