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Dr. Karen L. Bell, MD

Neurology
Accepting new patients
41 years of experience
ColumbiaDoctors - Tarrytown 155 White Plains Rd, Tarrytown, NY 10591
(800) 507-7919

Overview
Location
Expertise
Insurance

Brief Intro

Karen Bell is a Professor of Neurology at Columbia University Medical Center, in the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain and the GH Sergievsky Center. A Bronx native who graduated from New York University, and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, she completed internship in internal medicine at Harlem Hospital Center and neurology residency at The Neurological Institute at Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons. After completing a fellowship in Behavioral Neurology, she focused her clinical and research efforts to specialize on the evaluation and treatment of neurodegenerative cognitive disorders at the Taub Institute. As the Director of the Education Core of the Alzheimer's Disease Research Center at Columbia University, she has developed physician and community education programs. She is an active member of the American Academy of Neurology and the National Medical Association, serving on various subcommittees. She is an external advisor to National Medical Association's Project I.M.P.A.C.T. initiative. She also serves on multiple NINDS Data Safety Monitoring Boards and has been a member of the Columbia University Medical Center Institutional Review Board since 2003. She was appointed to the New York State Council on Graduate Medical Education (NYSCOGME) by Governor Paterson in 2009 and chairs the NYS COGME Empire Clinical Research Investigator Program Workgroup. She has participated as a mentor in the Harlem Children Society science program for many years.

Education Background

RESIDENCY

New York Presbyterian Hospital

MEDICAL SCHOOL

Perelman School Of Medicine At University Of Pennsylvania - 1984

Languages Spoken

English
Spanish

Location & Hours

NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
155 White Plains Rd, Tarrytown, NY 10591
Mon:9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Tue:9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Wed:9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Thu:9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Fri:9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Sat:Closed
Sun:Closed

Specialties Treated

Neurology

Conditions Addressed

Dementia
Epilepsy
Peripheral Nerve Disorders
Alzheimer's Disease

Procedures Performed

Neurological Testing

Insurance Accepted

* Insurance information may change frequently. Please verify directly with the provider (doctor/clinic).

AmeriHealth Caritas
Meritain Health
Blue Cross Blue Shield
HealthFirst (NY)
MagnaCare
Anthem Blue Cross
Aetna

Cancer 43
Cardiology, Heart & Vascular Surgery 31
Orthopedics 75
Neurology & Neurosurgery 60
Gastroenterology & GI Surgery 75
Pulmonology & Lung Surgery 91
Diabetes & Endocrinology 44
Children's Hospital 22
Urology 87
Psychiatry 103
Geriatrics 82
Rehabilitation 38
Obsterics & Gynecology 17
Ophthalmology 4
Ear, Nose & Throat 11
Rheumatology 2
Long Term Care 3
Maternity Care (Uncomplicated Pregnancy) 60