Credentials
Positions
- Clinical Professor, Department of Neurology at NYU Grossman School of Medicine
- Medical Director, NYU Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery Program
Board Certifications
- American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (Clinical Neurophysiology), 2017
- American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (Epilepsy), 2016
- American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology - w/Spec Qual's In Child Neurolo, 2014
Education and Training
- Fellowship, HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL, Clinical Neurophysiology, EEG and Epilepsy, 2002
- Residency, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences Center, Pediatric Neurology, 1998
- MD from Ankara University, 1988
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Aetna
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Indemnity
- Aetna International
- Aetna Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Open Access EPO
- Aetna Open Access HMO
- Aetna POS
- Aetna POS (American Express Employer)
- Aetna PPO
- Aetna Signature Administrators PPO
- Aetna Student Plan
- Allied
- Chesterfield Resources Inc
- Christian Brothers Services
- CoreSource
- Nippon Life of America-Aetna
- Nippon Life-Aetna
- Starmark
- WellNet
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Amida Care
- Amida Care Medicaid
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Anthem BCBS Health Plus
- BCBS Healthplus Essential Plan 1
- BCBS Healthplus Essential Plan 2
- BCBS Healthplus Essential Plan 3
- BCBS Healthplus Essential Plan 4
- BCBS Healthplus Gatekeeper exchange
- BCBS Healthplus Mediblue Advantage
- BCBS Healthplus NY Child Health Plus NY
- BCBS Healthplus NY Medicaid Managed Care NY
- BCBS Healthplus Special Needs
- Empire Mediblue Healthplus Dual
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Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Anthem BCBS CT PPO
- Anthem BCBS CT Pathway PPO
- BCBS Blue Access EPO Large Group
- BCBS Blue Access EPO Small Group
- BCBS Blue Access GEPO Small Group
- BCBS Blue Access PPO Large Group
- BCBS EPO
- BCBS EPO (BlackRock Employees)
- BCBS EPO (LICH Employees)
- BCBS EPO - Empire EPO (NYU Langone Employees)
- BCBS EPO - Empire EPO (Sunset Park/Family Health Center Employees)
- BCBS EPO - Empire NYU Care (NYU Langone Employees)
- BCBS EPO - Empire NYU Care (Sunset Park/Family Health Center Employees)
- BCBS Federal Program
- BCBS Florida Blue Care HMO
- BCBS Florida Blue Medicare PPO
- BCBS Florida Blue Options PPO
- BCBS Florida Blue Select
- BCBS Florida MyBlue HMO
- BCBS Florida Simply Blue
- BCBS Florida Traditional PPC
- BCBS HMO
- BCBS Indemnity
- BCBS Local 32BJ Employees
- BCBS Mediblue Medicare HMO
- BCBS Mediblue Medicare PPO
- BCBS Mediblue Select HMO/Extra HMO
- BCBS POS
- BCBS PPO
- BCBS PPO (BlackRock Employees)
- BCBS PPO (LICH Employees)
- BCBS PPO - Empire PPO (Sunset Park/Family Health Center Employees)
- BCBS PPO/EPO Small Group
- New York Hotel Trades
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Cigna
- Apwu Health Plan
- Cigna - Humana
- Cigna Great West PPO
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna Indemnity
- Cigna Managed Care/POS
- Cigna Medicare Advantage
- Cigna NALC
- Cigna Open Access
- Cigna Open Access PPO
- Cigna Oscar
- Cigna PPO
- Cigna Premier Plus
- Great West HMO
- Kaiser Permanente
- MVP-Cigna Network
- Wellfleet-NYU Student
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Fidelis Care
- Ambetter Fidelis Care Bronze Exchange
- Ambetter Fidelis Care Catastrophic Cvg Exchange
- Ambetter Fidelis Care Gold Exchange
- Ambetter Fidelis Care Native American Exchange
- Ambetter Fidelis Care Platinum Exchange
- Ambetter Fidelis Care Silver Exchange
- Fidelis Care Child Health Plus
- Fidelis Care Medicaid Managed Care
- Fidelis Essential Plan 1
- Fidelis Essential Plan 2
- Fidelis Essential Plan 3
- Fidelis Essential Plan 4
- Wellcare by Fidelis Care Medicare
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First Health
- First Health PPO
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GHI
- GHI Medicare Supplement
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HIP
- HIP Medicare Supplement
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Hamaspik Choice
- Hamaspik Choice Medicare DSNP
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Healthfirst
- Health And Recovery Plan (Harp)
- Healthfirst Bronze Leaf Exchange
- Healthfirst Bronze Total, Pro, Plus EPO
- Healthfirst Child Health Plus
- Healthfirst Essential Plan 1 & 2
- Healthfirst Essential Plan 3 & 4
- Healthfirst Gold Leaf Exchange
- Healthfirst Gold Total, Pro, Plus EPO
- Healthfirst Green Leaf Exchange
- Healthfirst Medicaid
- Healthfirst Medicare
- Healthfirst Medicare/NYU Risk
- Healthfirst Personal Wellness Plan
- Healthfirst Platinum Leaf Exchange
- Healthfirst Platinum Total, Pro, Plus EPO
- Healthfirst Silver Leaf Exchange
- Healthfirst Silver Total, Pro, Plus EPO
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Humana
- Humana Medicare Advantage
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Local 1199
- Local 1199 - NYU Hospital Member Choice
- Local 1199 PPO
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Magnacare
- Magnacare PPO
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Medicaid of New York
- NYS Medicaid
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Medicare
- Medicare Part A and B
- Medicare Part B
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Metroplus
- Metroplus Bronze Plus Plan Exchange
- Metroplus Child Health Plus
- Metroplus Essential Plan 1 and 2
- Metroplus Essential Plan 3 and 4
- Metroplus Gold
- Metroplus Gold Plus Plan Exchange
- Metroplus Goldcare
- Metroplus Medicaid Managed Care
- Metroplus Medicare
- Metroplus Medplus Plan Exchange
- Metroplus Platinum Plus Plan Exchange
- Metroplus Silver Plus Plan Exchange
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Multiplan
- AXA Assistance USA
- Administrative Concepts
- Beech Street PPO
- Diversified Administration Corporation
- Fiserv Health
- GEHA
- Global Excel
- Global Health
- Guardian Life Insurance Co Of America
- Health Net Of California
- Health Republic Of NJ
- Insurance Design Administrators
- Kaiser Foundation
- Kaiser Permanente
- Meritain Health
- Multiplan PPO
- Multiplan-Capital Dist Phys Health
- Mutual Of Omaha
- Nippon Life Ins Co
- PHCS
- Professional Benefit Admin
- Qualcare Inc
- Screen Actors Guild
- Teamsters Allied Benefits
- US Life Insurance Company
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NYSHIP - The Empire Plan
- NYS Health Insurance Plan - The Empire Plan, Excelsior Plan, NY Student Employee Health Plan
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Oxford
- Oxford Health Plans Freedom
- Oxford Health Plans Liberty
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POMCO Insurance Company
- POMCO Insurance Company
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Qualcare Inc.
- Qualcare Direct
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Railroad Medicare
- Palmetto GBA Railroad Medicare
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Tricare
- TriWest
- Tricare
- US Family Health Plan
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United Healthcare
- AARP Medicare Complete
- Bind Benefits inc
- Oxford Health Plans Medicare Advantage
- UMR
- Unite Healthcare (NY University Care Plan)
- United Healthcare AARP
- United Healthcare All Savers
- United Healthcare Choice
- United Healthcare Choice (AMEX employees)
- United Healthcare Choice (Blackrock employees)
- United Healthcare Choice (CBS employees)
- United Healthcare Choice (Simon
- United Healthcare EPO
- United Healthcare EPO (NYU Langone Health Employees)
- United Healthcare Golden Rule Insurance
- United Healthcare HMO
- United Healthcare Healthscope
- United Healthcare Indemnity
- United Healthcare Indemnity (NYU Langone Health Employees)
- United Healthcare Medicare
- United Healthcare Navigate
- United Healthcare Nexus
- United Healthcare Nexus (Amex Employees)
- United Healthcare POS
- United Healthcare PPO
- United Healthcare Plus (NYU Langone Health Employees)
- United Healthcare Student Resources
- United Healthcare Student Resources (NYU)
- United Healthcare Value, Advantage and HDHP (New York University employees)
- UnitedHealthcare Choice (NY Power Authority Employees)
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VA Community Care Network
- VA CCN Optum
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VNS Choice Advantage
- VNS Medicare Advantage
- VNS NY Choice Select Health
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Wellcare
- WellCare Medicare
Cigdem I. Akman, MD does not accept insurance.
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222 East 41st Street, 15th Floor, New York, NY 10017
Publications
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Sheppard, Sarah E; Bryant, Laura; Wickramasekara, Rochelle N; Vaccaro, Courtney; Robertson, Brynn; Hallgren, Jodi; Hulen, Jason; Watson, Cynthia J; Faundes, Victor; Duffourd, Yannis; Lee, Pearl; Simon, M Celeste; de la Cruz, Xavier; Padilla, Natália; Flores-Mendez, Marco; Akizu, Naiara; Smiler, Jacqueline; Pellegrino Da Silva, Renata; Li, Dong; March, Michael; Diaz-Rosado, Abdias; Peixoto de Barcelos, Isabella; Choa, Zhao Xiang; Lim, Chin Yan; Dubourg, Christèle; Journel, Hubert; Demurger, Florence; Mulhern, Maureen; Akman, Cigdem; Lippa, Natalie; Andrews, Marisa; Baldridge, Dustin; Constantino, John; van Haeringen, Arie; Snoeck-Streef, Irina; Chow, Penny; Hing, Anne; Graham, John M; Au, Margaret; Faivre, Laurence; Shen, Wei; Mao, Rong; Palumbos, Janice; Viskochil, David; Gahl, William; Tifft, Cynthia; Macnamara, Ellen; Hauser, Natalie; Miller, Rebecca; Maffeo, Jessica; Afenjar, Alexandra; Doummar, Diane; Keren, Boris; Arn, Pamela; Macklin-Mantia, Sarah; Meerschaut, Ilse; Callewaert, Bert; Reis, André; Zweier, Christiane; Brewer, Carole; Saggar, Anand; Smeland, Marie F; Kumar, Ajith; Elmslie, Frances; Deshpande, Charu; Nizon, Mathilde; Cogne, Benjamin; van Ierland, Yvette; Wilke, Martina; van Slegtenhorst, Marjon; Koudijs, Suzanne; Chen, Jin Yun; Dredge, David; Pier, Danielle; Wortmann, Saskia; Kamsteeg, Erik-Jan; Koch, Johannes; Haynes, Devon; Pollack, Lynda; Titheradge, Hannah; Ranguin, Kara; Denommé-Pichon, Anne-Sophie; Weber, Sacha; Pérez de la Fuente, Rubén; Sánchez Del Pozo, Jaime; Lezana Rosales, Jose Miguel; Joset, Pascal; Steindl, Katharina; Rauch, Anita; Mei, Davide; Mari, Francesco; Guerrini, Renzo; Lespinasse, James; Tran Mau-Them, Frédéric; Philippe, Christophe; Dauriat, Benjamin; Raymond, Laure; Moutton, Sébastien; Cueto-González, Anna M; Tan, Tiong Yang; Mignot, Cyril; Grotto, Sarah; Renaldo, Florence; Drivas, Theodore G; Hennessy, Laura; Raper, Anna; Parenti, Ilaria; Kaiser, Frank J; Kuechler, Alma; Busk, Øyvind L; Islam, Lily; Siedlik, Jacob A; Henderson, Lindsay B; Juusola, Jane; Person, Richard; Schnur, Rhonda E; Vitobello, Antonio; Banka, Siddharth; Bhoj, Elizabeth J; Stessman, Holly A F
Science advances. 2023 Mar 10; 9(10):eade1463
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Palmer, Elizabeth E; Pusch, Michael; Picollo, Alessandra; Forwood, Caitlin; Nguyen, Matthew H; Suckow, Vanessa; Gibbons, Jessica; Hoff, Alva; Sigfrid, Lisa; Megarbane, Andre; Nizon, Mathilde; Cogné, Benjamin; Beneteau, Claire; Alkuraya, Fowzan S; Chedrawi, Aziza; Hashem, Mais O; Stamberger, Hannah; Weckhuysen, Sarah; Vanlander, Arnaud; Ceulemans, Berten; Rajagopalan, Sulekha; Nunn, Kenneth; Arpin, Stéphanie; Raynaud, Martine; Motter, Constance S; Ward-Melver, Catherine; Janssens, Katrien; Meuwissen, Marije; Beysen, Diane; Dikow, Nicola; Grimmel, Mona; Haack, Tobias B; Clement, Emma; McTague, Amy; Hunt, David; Townshend, Sharron; Ward, Michelle; Richards, Linda J; Simons, Cas; Costain, Gregory; Dupuis, Lucie; Mendoza-Londono, Roberto; Dudding-Byth, Tracy; Boyle, Jackie; Saunders, Carol; Fleming, Emily; El Chehadeh, Salima; Spitz, Marie-Aude; Piton, Amelie; Gerard, Bénédicte; Abi Warde, Marie-Thérèse; Rea, Gillian; McKenna, Caoimhe; Douzgou, Sofia; Banka, Siddharth; Akman, Cigdem; Bain, Jennifer M; Sands, Tristan T; Wilson, Golder N; Silvertooth, Erin J; Miller, Lauren; Lederer, Damien; Sachdev, Rani; Macintosh, Rebecca; Monestier, Olivier; Karadurmus, Deniz; Collins, Felicity; Carter, Melissa; Rohena, Luis; Willemsen, Marjolein H; Ockeloen, Charlotte W; Pfundt, Rolph; Kroft, Sanne D; Field, Michael; Laranjeira, Francisco E R; Fortuna, Ana M; Soares, Ana R; Michaud, Vincent; Naudion, Sophie; Golla, Sailaja; Weaver, David D; Bird, Lynne M; Friedman, Jennifer; Clowes, Virginia; Joss, Shelagh; Pölsler, Laura; Campeau, Philippe M; Blazo, Maria; Bijlsma, Emilia K; Rosenfeld, Jill A; Beetz, Christian; Powis, Zöe; McWalter, Kirsty; Brandt, Tracy; Torti, Erin; Mathot, Mikaël; Mohammad, Shekeeb S; Armstrong, Ruth; Kalscheuer, Vera M
Molecular psychiatry. 2023 Feb ; 28(2):668-697
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Tobochnik, Steven; Bateman, Lisa M; Akman, Cigdem I; Anbarasan, Deepti; Bazil, Carl W; Bell, Michelle; Choi, Hyunmi; Feldstein, Neil A; Kent, Paul F; McBrian, Danielle; McKhann, Guy M; Mendiratta, Anil; Pack, Alison M; Sands, Tristan T; Sheth, Sameer A; Srinivasan, Shraddha; Schevon, Catherine A
Journal of clinical neurophysiology. 2022 Nov 01; 39(7):592-601
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