Shefali N. Karkare, MD
Director, Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery Program
Co-director, Neuro Monitoring Unit, Kosair Children's Hospital
Assistant Professor, Neurology, Division of Child Neurology
601 S. Floyd Street, suite 500
Louisville, KY 40202
Phone: (502) 589-8033 Ext 231
Education
L.T.M. Medical College, India.
Degree: MBBS,Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery
KEM Hospital and GS Medical College, Mumbai, India
Degree: DCH, MD, DNB (Pediatrics)
Training
General Pediatric Residency
Children's Hospital of Michigan
Detroit, Michigan
Adult Neurology
University of Michigan.
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Pediatric Neurology Fellowship
New York Presbyterian Hospital-Cornell
Pediatric Epilepsy and EEG fellowship
New York Presbyterian Hospital-Cornell
Board Certifications
Certified, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology with special qualification in Child Neurology
Certified, American Board of Pediatrics
Biography
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Clinical Interests
Intractable Pediatric Epilepsy, Surgical management of epilepsy, neurofibromatosis and tuberous sclerosis
Research Interests
Clinical research in pediatric epilepsy and neurofibromatosis type 1 and 2
Prizes, Awards and Honors
Topscholar foundation travel grant
Penry Minifellowship travel grant
Epilepsy Workshop travel grant Child Neurology Society Annual Meeting
Dr Palekar prize for highest score in KEM & Wadia Hospital MD (Pediatrics), India. (J anuary 2000). (Summa cum laude)
Indumati Jhaveri Gold Medal for 1 st rank in Diploma in Child Health, College of Physicians and Surgeons, India. (September 1999). (Summa cum laude)
Shantilal Seth Gold Medal for 1 st rank in Diploma in Child Health, College of Physicians and Surgeons, India. (September 1999). (Summa cum laude)
Charles Morehead Prize for highest score in practical in Medicine in IIIrd M.B.B.S. in
University of Mumbai. (1997) (Summa cum laude)
Recent Publications
- Shefali Karkare, Sabiha Merchant Gail Solomon, Murray Engel Barry Kosofsky "MELAS With A3243G Mutation Presenting With Occipital Status Epilepticus" Journal of Child Neurology, Vol. 24, No. 12, 1564-1567 (2009)
- Shefali Karkare, Bruce Volpe, Steven Weinstein; Review of "Anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate Receptor Encephalitis in Children and Adolescents." Published in Neuroalert, October 2009
- S Karkare, S Merchant, J LaMothe, G Solomon - "Epileptic negative myoclonus in atypical benign partial epilepsy: Case reports and review of pathophysiology and treatment" Clinical Neurophysiology Volume 120, Issue 8, August 2009, Page e182
- S Karkare, Kathleen Bernstein, Kaleb Y ohay " Supratentorial Anaplastic Ependymoma in a Patient with Neurofibromatosis Type 2" Presented at The Children's Tumor Foundation's 2008 Annual NF conference
- S Karkare, Kathleen Bernsten, Kaleb Yohay "Uncharacterized brain abnormalities on MRI in patients with Neurofibromatosis Type 2" presented at Children's Tumor Foundation's 2009 Annual NF conference: New Frontiers,June 13-16, 2009 - Portland, Oregon
- Shefali Karkare, Sabiha Merchant, Jacqueline LaMothe, Gail Solomon " Epileptic negative myoclonus in atypical benign partial epilepsy: Case reports and review of pathophysiology and treatment" presented at the EEG and Clinical Neuroscience Annual Meeting 2009
- Shefali Karkare, Harry Chugani "Functional abnormalities of cerebral cortex in children with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy". October 13-16, 2004 33rd Annual Meeting of the Child Neurology Society. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Shefali Karkare, course facuIty, "Epilepsy: current and future trends" eighth annual Pediatric Neurology Update, Kosair Children's Hospital, August 20,2010
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