Overview
Karen Skjei is a Pediatric Neurologist in El Paso, Texas. Dr. Skjei is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Status Epilepticus. Her top areas of expertise are Seizures, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, Epilepsy, and Epilepsy in Children.
Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 15 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
Insurance
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- OTHER COMMERCIAL
- OTHER MEDICARE
- OTHER MEDICARE PART D
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- MEDICARE PDP
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- OTHER COMMERCIAL
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- MEDICARE MAPD
- MEDICARE PDP
- MEDICARE SNP
- MEDICARE-MEDICAID PLAN
- OTHER MEDICARE PART D
- EPO
- HMO
- PPO
- INSURANCE PLAN
- MEDICARE MAPD
- OTHER COMMERCIAL
- PPO
- MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
- MEDICARE-MEDICAID PLAN
- OTHER COMMERCIAL
- EPO
- HMO
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- PPO
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- MEDICARE SNP
- OTHER COMMERCIAL
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Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Skjei 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.
Alexandria Melendez-Zaidi is a Pediatric Neurologist and a Neurologist in El Paso, Texas. Dr. Melendez-Zaidi is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Status Epilepticus. Her top areas of expertise are Primary Lateral Sclerosis, Metastatic Brain Tumor, Status Epilepticus, and Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 1. Dr. Melendez-Zaidi is currently accepting new patients.
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
- SeizuresDr. Skjei isDistinguished. Learn about Seizures.
- Advanced
- Absence SeizureDr. Skjei isAdvanced. Learn about Absence Seizure.
- AphantasiaDr. Skjei isAdvanced. Learn about Aphantasia.
- Benign Rolandic EpilepsyDr. Skjei isAdvanced. Learn about Benign Rolandic Epilepsy.
- EpilepsyDr. Skjei isAdvanced. Learn about Epilepsy.
- Epilepsy in ChildrenDr. Skjei isAdvanced. Learn about Epilepsy in Children.
- Epilepsy Juvenile AbsenceDr. Skjei isAdvanced. Learn about Epilepsy Juvenile Absence.
- Experienced
- Agyria Pachygyria PolymicrogyriaDr. Skjei isExperienced. Learn about Agyria Pachygyria Polymicrogyria.
- Autism Spectrum DisorderDr. Skjei isExperienced. Learn about Autism Spectrum Disorder.
- Bilateral Perisylvian PolymicrogyriaDr. Skjei isExperienced. Learn about Bilateral Perisylvian Polymicrogyria.
- CDKL5 Deficiency DisorderDr. Skjei isExperienced. Learn about CDKL5 Deficiency Disorder.
- Cerebellar AgenesisDr. Skjei isExperienced. Learn about Cerebellar Agenesis.
- Cerebellar HypoplasiaDr. Skjei isExperienced. Learn about Cerebellar Hypoplasia.