Karen R. Ballaban

Overview

Karen Ballaban-Gil, MD, is Director, Pediatric Epilepsy Center and Deputy Director, Division of Child Neurology at the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore Einstein, and Professor, Pediatrics and Neurology at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Ballaban-Gil has a large clinical practice in child neurology, including the evaluation and treatment of children with epilepsy, headaches, sleep disorders, autism and other developmental disabilities.

Her top areas of expertise are Seizures, West Syndrome, Autosomal Dominant Partial Epilepsy with Auditory Features, and Memory Loss.

Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 10 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.

Graduate Institution
Albany Medical College
Residency
Johns Hopkins Medical Center
Specialties
Pediatric Neurology
Licenses
Psychiatry & Neurology in NY
Fellowships
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Hospital Affiliations
Montefiore Medical Center
Languages Spoken
English
Gender
Female

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Locations

The Children's Hospital at Montefiore
3415 Bainbridge Avenue, Bronx, NY 10467
Other Locations
Montefiore at 555 Taxter Road
555 Taxter Road, Elmsford, NY 10523
Montefiore at 1250 Waters Place
1250 Waters Place, Bronx, NY 10461

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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