Karen L. Bell, MD

Neurology: Aging and Dementia
Specialties
Neurology, Neurology: Aging and Dementia, more

Locations and Appointments


CUIMC/Neurological Institute of New York

710 West 168th Street
New York, NY 10032
US
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155 White Plains Road
Tarrytown, NY 10591
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Insurances Accepted


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    NYP Employee Plan
    NY Signature
    Student Health
    Aetna Signature Administrators
    Medicaid Managed Care
    Special Needs
    Medicare Managed Care
    New Jersey Services (Medicaid Managed Care)
    Medicare Managed Care
    HMO
    Great West (National)
    PPO
    POS
    EPO
    PPO
    Medicare Managed Care
    ConnectiCare
    Essential Plan
    PPO
    EPO
    HMO
    Select Care (Exchange)
    POS
    Medicare Managed Care
    Vytra
    Medicaid Managed Care
    Child/Family Health Plus
    Essential Plan
    Medicare Managed Care
    EPO
    PPO
    Medicaid Managed Care
    Medicare Managed Care
    Essential Plan
    Child/Family Health Plus
    Leaf (Exchange)
    Medicare Managed Care
    Local 1199
    MagnaCare
    Traditional Medicare
    Railroad
    Multiplan
    HMO
    Essential Plan
    Medicaid Managed Care
    Child/Family Health Plus
    Quality Health Management
    Special Needs
    PPO
    Medicaid (Community Plan)
    Compass (Exchange)
    HMO
    POS
    Empire Plan
    Oxford Liberty
    Oxford HMO
    Oxford Freedom
    SelectHealth
    Medicare Managed Care
    New Jersey Services (Medicaid Managed Care)
    World Trade Center Health Plan
    NYP Employee Plan
    NY Signature
    Student Health
    Aetna Signature Administrators
    Medicaid Managed Care
    Special Needs
    Medicare Managed Care
    New Jersey Services (Medicaid Managed Care)
    Medicare Managed Care
    HMO
    Great West (National)
    PPO
    POS
    EPO
    PPO
    Medicare Managed Care
    ConnectiCare
    Essential Plan
    PPO
    EPO
    HMO
    Select Care (Exchange)
    POS
    Medicare Managed Care
    Vytra
    Medicaid Managed Care
    Child/Family Health Plus
    Essential Plan
    Medicare Managed Care
    EPO
    PPO
    Medicaid Managed Care
    Medicare Managed Care
    Essential Plan
    Child/Family Health Plus
    Leaf (Exchange)
    Medicare Managed Care
    Local 1199
    MagnaCare
    Traditional Medicare
    Railroad
    Multiplan
    HMO
    Essential Plan
    Medicaid Managed Care
    Child/Family Health Plus
    Quality Health Management
    Special Needs
    PPO
    Medicaid (Community Plan)
    Compass (Exchange)
    HMO
    POS
    Empire Plan
    Oxford Liberty
    Oxford HMO
    Oxford Freedom
    SelectHealth
    Medicare Managed Care
    New Jersey Services (Medicaid Managed Care)
    World Trade Center Health Plan

About Karen L. Bell, MD


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.


Board Certifications

  • Internal Medicine

Specialties & Expertise

  • Dementia
  • Memory Disorder
  • Memory Impairment

Education

  • Fellowship: Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, NY
  • Residency: Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, NY
  • Internship: Harlem Hospital Center

Leadership, Titles & Positions

  • Professor of Neurology (in the Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain) at CUMC

Hospital Affiliations

  • NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center

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