About
Personal Statement
For many years, I have met with adolescents and adults whose seizures have been difficult to control with medications. I have always been interested in newer treatments, including epilepsy surgery and devices. I believe that new technologies will lead to new treatments for epilepsy. For many people with seizures, the best treatment may be a combination of medication plus one of these newer therapies.
Specialties and Expertise
Specialties
- Neurology
Expertise
- Epileptic Seizures
- Seizures
- Epilepsy
Biography
Dr. Steven Karceski completed a Biochemistry degree as an undergraduate at the University of Maryland, College Park. He received his medical degree at Georgetown and completed a residency in Neurology at Stanford University, where he was appointed Chief Resident in Neurology. After completing his residency, he proceeded to a 2-year fellowship in Epilepsy and EEG at Stanford University.
Dr. Karceski is currently the Director of Clinical Trials at the Weill Cornell Epilepsy Center. His primary interest is in the care of adolescent and adult patients with epilepsy and his research interests include the development of new medications, as well as, new approaches to the evaluation and surgical treatment of extratemporal lobe epilepsies.
He has authored many articles that have appeared an Epilepsia, Epilepsy & Behavior, the Current Opinions in Neurology, Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports, Practical Neurology, CNS Spectrums, and Journal of Gender Specific Medicine, and Neurology. Dr. Karceski is also the author of several book chapters and serves on the editorial board for the journal of the American Neurological Association, Neurology. He has been involved with the Epilepsy Foundation for many years.
Research
Honors and Awards
Honors and Awards
Desmond S. O’Doherty Award for Outstanding Academic Performance in Neurology, Georgetown University May 1993
Physician’s Excellence Award, Atlantic Health Systems, June 2003
Stephen Q. Shafer Award for Humanism in Neurology June 2010
Credentials
Board Certifications
- American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (Neurology)
Clinical and Academic Positions
- Assistant Professor of Neurology - Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University
- Assistant Attending Neurologist - NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
Education and Training
- M.D., Georgetown University School of Medicine, 1993
- B.S., University of Maryland, 1988
Insurance
Insurance Plans Accepted
The following represents most of the managed care plans accepted by this doctor. If your insurance carrier does not appear here please contact the doctor’s office as they may have individual contracts not included on this site.
* indicates this doctor is no longer accepting new patients with this insurance plan.
- AETNA - HMO
- AETNA - Medicare
- AETNA - PPO
- Aetna Weill Cornell Employee Managed Care Plan
- Aetna Weill Cornell Employee PPO Plan
- Aetna-NYP - EPO/POS
- Affinity Access
- Affinity Health Plan
- Amida Care
- CIGNA
- Emblem Select Care
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - Blue Access
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - Blue Connection
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - EPO
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - HMO
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - Mediblue (Senior)
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - PPO
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield HealthPlus
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield HealthPlus - CHP
- Fidelis Care
- GHI - CBP
- Health First
- Health Insurance Plan of NY (HIP)
- Health Insurance Plan of NY (HIP) - Medicaid
- Health Insurance Plan of NY (HIP) - Medicare
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Oxford Health Plans - Freedom
- Oxford Health Plans - Liberty
- Oxford Health Plans - Medicare Advantage
- Oxford Health Plans - Metro/Core/Charter
- Rockefeller University - Trustmark
- United Empire
- United Healthcare
- United Healthcare - Community Plan
- United Healthcare - Medicare
- United Healthcare Compass
- VNSNY CHOICE - HMO
- VNSNY CHOICE - Medicare
- WellCare of NY
- WorldWide Medical
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External Relationships
External Relationships
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