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Vicki Shanker, MD
Neurology
About Me
Dr. Shanker offers telemedicine appointments when appropriate. Please call her office to schedule a video visit.
Specializing in movement disorders including Parkinson's disease, Dr. Vicki Shanker is a board-certified neurologist and Associate Professor of Neurology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. A mentor for residents and fellows in educational research projects, she also serves as the Program Director of the Neurology Residency at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (MSBI/MSW), the Site Director for the Mount Sinai Medical Student Neurology Clerkship, and Faculty Development Facilitator at the Institute of Medical Education at Mount Sinai.
Dr. Shanker completed her neurology training and Chief Residency at Montefiore Hospital at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in addition to a two year fellowship in Movement Disorders at Beth Israel Medical Center. She is the recipient of the 2017 ACGME "Courage to Teach" Award, the highest award given to a program director. She is also the recipient of the 2017 AAN Program Director Award. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology and serves on the AAN Conference Committee and is the course director of the “Faculty Development” course at the AAN National Meeting. She received the 2017 and 2019 Cullman Family Award for Excellence in Physician Communication. She received a PSG fellowship grant and served on the PSG Mentorship Committee. She has contributed to several articles in peer-reviewed journals as well as authored several book chapters.
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Language
English
Position
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR | Neurology
Hospital Affiliations
- Mount Sinai Beth Israel
- Mount Sinai Morningside
- Mount Sinai Brooklyn
- Mount Sinai Queens
- The Mount Sinai Hospital
- Mount Sinai West
Clinical Focus
- Chorea
- Dystonia
- Huntington's Disease
- Lewy Body Disease
- Multiple System Atrophy
- Parkinson's Disease
Education
MD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Internship, Internal Medicine
Long Island Jewish Medical Center
Residency, Neurology
Montefiore Medical Center
Fellowship, Movement Disorders
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Beth Israel
Certifications
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
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
- CIGNA Healthcare
- Centivo
- 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
- 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
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.
Publications
Selected Publications
- Improving Electroencephalography Screening via an Online Module for Neurology Trainees: A Multicenter Study. Hernan Nicolas Lemus, Camilo Gutierrez, Madeline Fields, Kristine Ziemba, Patrick Landazuri, Vicki Shanker, Daniela Riveros Acosta, Louise Mccarthy, Neville Jadeja, Mia Bothwell, Adithya Nagaraja, Gustavo A. Patino, Ioannis Karakis, Tracey A. Milligan, Steven Tobochnik. Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology
- Genetic risk variants in New Yorkers of Puerto Rican and Dominican Republic heritage with Parkinson’s disease. Gabriel Miltenberger-Miltenyi, Roberto A. Ortega, Aloysius Domingo, Rachita Yadav, Ayumi Nishiyama, Deborah Raymond, Viktoriya Katsnelson, Nikita Urval, Matthew Swan, Vicki Shanker, Joan Miravite, Ruth H. Walker, Susan B. Bressman, Laurie J. Ozelius, José C. Cabassa, Rachel Saunders-Pullman. npj Parkinson's Disease
- Differences in Sex-Specific Frequency of Glucocerebrosidase Variant Carriers and Familial Parkinsonism. Roberto A. Ortega, Susan B. Bressman, Deborah Raymond, Laurie J. Ozelius, Viktoriya Katsnelson, Katherine Leaver, Matthew C. Swan, Vicki Shanker, Joan Miravite, Cuiling Wang, Steffany A.L. Bennett, Rachel Saunders-Pullman. Movement Disorders
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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.
Below are financial relationships with industry reported by Dr. Shanker during 2024 and/or 2025. Please note that this information may differ from information posted on corporate sites due to timing or classification differences.
Consulting or Other Professional Services Examples include, but are not limited to, committee participation, data safety monitoring board (DSMB) membership
- Insighters
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.