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Maite La Vega-Talbott, MD
Pediatric Neurology
About Me
Dr. Maite La Vega-Talbott received her medical degree from the Universidad Del Zulia, Venezuela, she did her Pediatric Neurology training at New York Presbyterian - Weill Cornell Medical Center, and completed her fellowship training in Clinical Neurophysiology at Miami Children’s Hospital (Nicklaus Children’s Hospital). During her Clinical Neurophysiology training she acquired expertise in the treatment of drug resistant epilepsy, with a focus on surgically remediable epilepsy syndromes in infants, children and adolescents. Dr. La Vega-Talbott is part of a very strong and innovative program in epilepsy surgery, and in keeping up with the latest advances in the field. She provides screening and pre-surgical epilepsy evaluation for patients with drug-resistant epilepsy who could potentially be candidates for different surgical modalities, including surgical resection, laser ablation of epileptic foci, Responsive Neurostimulation (RNS), and Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS).
Dr. La Vega-Talbott serve as the Interim Director of the Pediatric Epilepsy Monitoring Unit at Kravis Children’s Hospital and the Director of the Pediatric Neurostimulation Outpatient Services.Dr. La Vega has a large referral base of Spanish speaking patients from different parts of New York. She also has worked in reaching out to increase epilepsy awareness in the Hispanic community through appearances on Univision, the Spanish language television network.
Dr. La Vega-Talbott offers telemedicine appointments when appropriate. Please call her office to schedule a video visit.
Dr. Maite La Vega-Talbott is registered to provide telehealth services in Florida and New Jersey.
The state of Florida requires out-of-state professionals who are registered to provide telehealth services to display a hyperlink to the Florida Department of Health telehealth web page. This allows Florida patients who are receiving medical care by telehealth to confirm the provider’s licensure and Florida registration.
Language
English, Spanish
Position
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR | Neurology, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR | Pediatrics
Hospital Affiliations
- Mount Sinai South Nassau
- Mount Sinai Beth Israel
- Mount Sinai Morningside
- Mount Sinai Brooklyn
- Mount Sinai Queens
- The Mount Sinai Hospital
- Mount Sinai West
Research Topics
Epilepsy, Neuromodulation, Neurophysiology
Clinical Focus
- Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)
- Electroencephalogram
- Electroencephalogram (EEG)
- Electroencephalogram (EEG) with video
- Epilepsy
- Responsive Neurostimulation (RNS)
- Seizure Disorder
- Vagal nerve stimulator (VNS) for epilepsy
Education
MD, Universidad del Zulia
Residency, Pediatrics
BronxCare Hospital Center
Residency, Clinical Neurophysiology
Miami Children's Hospital
Fellowship, Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology
New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell
Research
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.
- 1199 SEIU
- AETNA - Commercial
- AETNA - Medicare
- Affinity Medicaid-Medicare-Essential Exchange
- Amidacare Medicaid
- CIGNA Healthcare
- Centivo
- Elderplan
- EmblemHealth - GHI-PPO
- EmblemHealth - HIP
- EmblemHealth - HIP-Medicaid
- EmblemHealth - HIP-Medicare
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield - Commercial/Exchange
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield - HealthPlus Medicaid
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield - Medicare
- Fidelis Health Care
- HealthFirst Medicaid
- HealthFirst Medicare
- Horizon NJ
- Magnacare-Health Care
- Medicare - NJ
- Medicare - NY
- Metroplus
- Multiplan PHCS
- NJ Medicaid
- NY Medicaid
- Oscar
- Oxford - Freedom and Liberty
- Partners Health Plan
- Senior Whole Health
- United Health Care - Commercial
- United Health Care - Empire Plan
- United Health Care - Oxford Care
- United Health Care - Top Tier
- VNSNY Choice Medicare
- VNSNY Select Health Medicaid
- VillageCareMax
- WellCare Health Plan
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Patient Experience Star Ratings and Comments
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Industry Relationships
Physicians and scientists on the faculty of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai often interact with pharmaceutical, device, biotechnology companies, and other outside entities 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 outside financial relationships.
Dr. La Vega-Talbott has not yet completed reporting of Industry relationships.
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.