Dr. Akman is a Professor of Neurology at CUIMC and chief of the Division of Child Neurology in the Departments of Neurology and Pediatrics of the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons at 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, followed by a fellowship in Clinical Neurophysiology and Epilepsy at Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School. Subsequently, Dr Akman joined the Division of Child Neurology and the Pediatric Epilepsy Program at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, where she participated in clinical education and patient 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 returned to Columbia in 2010 and now heads both the Division of Child Neurology and the Pediatric Epilepsy Program at NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. Her clinical practice focuses on infantile and childhood epilepsy, epilepsy surgery, and the treatment of refractory epilepsy in children.
Dr. Cigdem I. Akman
- Neurology, Pediatrics, Child Neurology
- 37 years of experience
- Stamford Hospital 1 Hospital Plz, Stamford, CT 06902
- (203) 276-1000
Brief Intro
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Education Background
RESIDENCY
Maimonides Medical Center
MEDICAL SCHOOL
Ankara Universitesi Tip Fakultesi - 1988
Languages Spoken
- Spanish
- English
Location & Hours
- Yale University
- 1 Hospital Plz, Stamford, CT 06902
Specialties Treated
- Epileptology
- Child Neurology
- Pediatrics
- Neurology
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Conditions Addressed
- Epilepsy
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Procedures Performed
- Neurological Testing
- Sleep and EEG Testing
Insurance Accepted
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- Aetna
- MVP Health Care
- Montefiore HMO
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Fidelis Care (NY)
- HealthFirst (NY)
- Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey
- UnitedHealthcare
- UnitedHealthcare Oxford
- Tricare
- ConnectiCare
- Meritain Health
- CDPHP
- Medicare
- Medicaid
- EmblemHealth
- CHAMPVA
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