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Accepting New PatientsGeetha Kanakeswaran, MD
Neurology
Physician Office
212-844-8888
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- Industry Relationships
About Me
Dr. Kanakeswaran is a board-certified neurologist with fellowship training in neuromuscular disorders. Her clinical practice primarily focuses on general neurology with the addition of a once weekly ALS clinic and electrodiagnostic testing.
Language
Position
Hospital Affiliations
- Mount Sinai Beth Israel
- Mount Sinai Morningside and Mount Sinai West
About Me
Dr. Kanakeswaran is a board-certified neurologist with fellowship training in neuromuscular disorders. Her clinical practice primarily focuses on general neurology with the addition of a once weekly ALS clinic and electrodiagnostic testing.
Language
Position
Hospital Affiliations
- Mount Sinai Beth Israel
- Mount Sinai Morningside and Mount Sinai West
About Me
Dr. Kanakeswaran is a board-certified neurologist with fellowship training in neuromuscular disorders. Her clinical practice primarily focuses on general neurology with the addition of a once weekly ALS clinic and electrodiagnostic testing.
Language
Position
Hospital Affiliations
- Mount Sinai Beth Israel
- Mount Sinai Morningside and Mount Sinai West
Clinical Focus
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
- Botulinum Toxin Injections
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Headache
- Nerve blocks
- Neuromuscular Disease
- Seizure Disorder
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
- Botulinum Toxin Injections
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Headache
- Nerve blocks
- Neuromuscular Disease
- Seizure Disorder
Education
MD, St. George's University School of Medicine
Residency, Neurology
Wright State University
Fellowship, Neuromuscular
University of Rochester Medical Center
Locations
Insurance Information
Accepted insurance may vary by the doctor’s office location. Please contact the office directly to obtain the most up-to-date insurance information.
- Physician Office10 Union Square East, Suite 5D, New York, NY, 10003
- 1199 SEIU
- AETNA - Commercial
- AETNA - Medicare
- Affinity Medicaid-Medicare-Essential Exchange
- AgeWell New York
- Amidacare Medicaid
- CIGNA Healthcare
- Centivo
- Elderplan
- EmblemHealth - GHI-PPO
- EmblemHealth - HIP
- EmblemHealth - HIP-Medicare
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield - Commercial/Exchange
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield - Healthplus FKA Amerigroup Medicaid
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield - Medicare
- Fidelis Health Care
- HealthFirst Medicaid
- HealthFirst Medicare
- Horizon NJ
- Hotel Trades
- Magnacare-Health Care
- Medicare
- Metroplus
- Multiplan PHCS
- NY Medicaid
- Oxford - Freedom & Liberty
- Partners Health Plan
- Select Health Medicaid - VNSNY
- Senior Whole Health
- United Health Care - Commercial
- United Health Care - Community Care Medicaid
- United Health Care - Oxford Care
- United Health Care - Top Tier
- VNSNY Choice Medicare
- VillageCareMax
- WellCare Health Plan
Physicians who provide services at hospitals and facilities in the Mount Sinai Health System might not participate in the same health plans as those Mount Sinai hospitals and facilities (even if the physicians are employed or contracted by those hospitals or facilities).
Information regarding insurance participation and billing by this physician may be found on this page, and can also be obtained by contacting this provider directly. Because physicians insurance participation can change, the insurance information on this page may not always be up-to-date. Please contact this physician directly to obtain the most up-to-date insurance information.
Insurance and health plan networks that the various Mount Sinai Health System hospitals and facilities participate in can be found on the Mount Sinai Health System website.
Patient Experience Rating
The Patient Experience Star Rating reflects our patients’ perception of how well their Mount Sinai provider communicated with them during an office visit. The Star Rating is based on patient responses to three questions on a patient experience survey, a standardized questionnaire sent to verified patients and distributed by a third party vendor, Press Ganey. Responses are measured on a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being the best score.
Care Provider’s Explanation
4.4 out of 5
Care Provider’s Concern
4.6 out of 5
Likelihood to Recommend Care Provider
4.5 out of 5
Industry Relationships
Physicians and scientists on the faculty of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai often interact with pharmaceutical, device and biotechnology companies to improve patient care, develop new therapies and achieve scientific breakthroughs. In order to promote an ethical and transparent environment for conducting research, providing clinical care and teaching, Mount Sinai requires that salaried faculty inform the School of their relationships with such companies.
Below are financial relationships with industry reported by Dr. Kanakeswaran during 2022 and/or 2023. Please note that this information may differ from information posted on corporate sites due to timing or classification differences.
Other activities: Examples include, but are not limited to, committee participation, data safety monitoring board (DSMB) membership
- American Telephysicians
Mount Sinai's faculty policies relating to faculty collaboration with industry are posted on our website. Patients may wish to ask their physician about the activities they perform for companies.