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Cigdem Inan Akman, MD
Director of Pediatric Epilepsy
Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology and Pediatrics
Division of Child Neurology

Email: cia11@columbia.edu

Education:

Internship: Maimonides Medical Center, State University of New York

Fellowship: Down State Medical Center, State University of New York

Fellowship: Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Board Certification:
Neurology with special qualification in child neurology
Clinical Neurophysiology and Epilepsy

Office Location:
Harkness Pavillion 550
180 Fort Washington Ave
New York, NY, 10032

Office Telephone: 212-305-7549
Office Fax: 212-342-6865
Office Fax: 212-305-1253

Insurance: Aetna, Affinity, CIGNA, Healthfirst, Health Plus, HIP, Multiplan, Neighborhood Health Plan (NHP), Oxford, United Health Care, 1199, and Medicare
*Please verify insurance participation with the physician's office when making an appointment.


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	Cigdem Inan Akman, MD Director of Pediatric Epilepsy Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology and Pediatrics Division of Child Neurology Email: cia11@columbia.edu Education: Internship: Maimonides Medical Center, State University of New York Fellowship: Down State Medical Center, State University of New York Fellowship: Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School Board Certification: Neurology with special qualification in child neurology Clinical Neurophysiology and Epilepsy Office Location: Harkness Pavillion 550 180 Fort Washington Ave New York, NY, 10032 Office Telephone: 212-305-7549 Office Fax: 212-342-6865 Office Fax: 212-305-1253 Insurance: Aetna, Affinity, CIGNA, Healthfirst, Health Plus, HIP, Multiplan, Neighborhood Health Plan (NHP), Oxford, United Health Care, 1199, and Medicare *Please verify insurance participation with the physician's office when making an appointment. » Division of Child Neurology » Columbia Comprehensive Epilepsy Center (Pediatrics) » Department of Neurology » Recent Publications Dr. Akman is Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology and Pediatrics of the Division of Pediatric Neurology, Departments of Neurology and Pediatrics, College of Physicians & Surgeons of Columbia University. Dr. Akman was born and educated in Ankara, Turkey where she graduated with Honors from the School of Medicine, Ankara University. Dr. Akman completed her training in Child Neurology at State University of New York; Clinical neurophysiology & Epilepsy at Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School. Subsequently, Dr Akman joined the Division of Pediatric Neurology and Pediatric Epilepsy at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center and participated in clinical education and patients' care until 2008. Between 2008 and 2010, Dr Akman worked as the Director of Clinical Epilepsy Research at Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine. Dr Akman recently re-joined the Division of Pediatric Neurology and Epilepsy as the Director of Pediatric Epilepsy. Dr. Akman's clinical research has focused on cognitive and behavioral problems associated with epilepsy, imaging modalities used for epilepsy diagnosis and epilepsy surgery. Dr Akman also has published in the area of clinical neurophysiology to describe the specific EEG patterns in critically ill children. Her clinical practice focuses on infantile and childhood epilepsy; epilepsy surgery for the diagnosis of childhood refractory epilepsy. © 2012 The Neurological Institute of New York • 710 W 168th St, New York, NY 10032 Department of Neurology \| Columbia University Medical Center \| Last updated: December 4, 2012 \| Comments