Jason Brant Carmel, MD, PHD
Overview
Jason B. Carmel, MD, PhD, is a child neurologist and motor system neuroscientist interested in central nervous system injury and repair. During his postdoctoral fellowship in Jack Martin’s laboratory, Dr. Carmel developed expertise in corticospinal injury and response to activity-based treatments. Using a combination of anatomy, physiology (brain mapping), and behavior, he has been able to identify the brain circuits that adapt to developmental brain injury.
Dr. Carmel’s laboratory uses activity-based therapies, including brain stimulation and intensive behavioral training to promote recovery of function, both in rodents and humans. In a rodent hemiparesis model, they have demonstrated that stimulation of spared motor circuits causes them to sprout at their terminations in the spinal cord, form functional connections with spinal motor circuits, and restore motor skill.
Dr. Carmel’s expertise in animal models of human disease and clinical neurology will allow him to translate the gains in understanding that we hope to achieve in the proposed studies into improved treatments for children with cerebral palsy. This is Dr. Camel’s goal as a physician-scientist: to direct a truly translational program in which we model activity-based repair strategies in young animals with early brain injury and then use those results to design better treatments for children at risk for cerebral palsy.
Areas of Expertise / Conditions Treated
- Cerebral Palsy
- Pediatric Movement Disorders
- Pediatric Neurology
- Research Studies
Academic Appointments
- Weinberg Family Associate Professor of Neurology (in Orthopedic Surgery)
Administrative Titles
- Executive Director & Research Director, Weinberg Family Cerebral Palsy Center
Hospital Affiliations
- NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
- NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital
Gender
- Male
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Aetna
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- EPO
- HMO
- Medicare Managed Care
- NYP Employee Plan
- NY Signature
- PPO
- Student Health
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- Essential Plan
- Medicaid Managed Care
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- Medicare Managed Care
- Special Needs
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- Great West (National)
- HMO
- Medicare Managed Care
- POS
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Emblem/GHI
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Emblem/HIP
- ConnectiCare
- EPO
- Essential Plan
- HMO
- Medicare Managed Care
- POS
- PPO
- Select Care (Exchange)
- Vytra
Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield HealthPlus
- Child/Family Health Plus
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- Medicaid Managed Care
- Medicare Managed Care
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- Medicare Managed Care
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- Local 1199
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- MagnaCare
Medicare
- Railroad
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Multiplan
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Quality Health Management
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UnitedHealthcare
- Columbia University Employee Plan
- Compass (Exchange)
- Empire Plan
- HMO
- Medicaid (Community Plan)
- Oxford Freedom
- Oxford HMO
- Oxford Liberty
- POS
- PPO
VNSNY CHOICE
- SelectHealth
WellCare
- Medicare Managed Care
World Trade Center Health Plan
- World Trade Center Health Plan
Credentials & Experience
Education & Training
- 2003 Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
- Internship: 2004 Nyack Hospital
- Residency: 2008 NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
- Residency: 2008 Neurological Institute Of New York
Board Certifications
- Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology
