Juan Luis Alcala Zermeno, MD
Overview
Areas of Expertise / Conditions Treated
- Drug resistant epilepsy
- Electroencephalogram (EEG)
- Epilepsy
- Epilepsy/Seizure Disorders
Academic Appointments
- Assistant Professor of Neurology at CUMC
Languages
- English
- Spanish
Gender
- Male
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Location(s)
Insurance Accepted
Aetna
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- NYP Employee Plan
- NY Signature
- Student Health
Affinity Health Plan
- Medicaid Managed Care
Cigna
- EPO
- Great West (National)
- POS
- PPO
Emblem/HIP
- ConnectiCare
- Select Care (Exchange)
- Vytra
Fidelis Care
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Essential Plan
Healthfirst
- Leaf (Exchange)
- Medicare Managed Care
Local 1199
- Local 1199
MagnaCare (National)
- MagnaCare
Medicare
- Railroad
- Traditional Medicare
Multiplan
- Multiplan
MVP Health Care
- HMO
Quality Health Management
- Quality Health Management
UnitedHealthcare
- Compass (Exchange)
- Empire Plan
- Medicaid (Community Plan)
- Oxford Freedom
- Oxford HMO
- Oxford Liberty
VNSNY CHOICE
- SelectHealth
- Special Needs
WellCare
- Medicaid Managed Care
World Trade Center Health Plan
- World Trade Center Health Plan
Credentials & Experience
Education & Training
- MD, 2017 Universidad de Guadalajara – Centro Universitario de Ciencias de la Salud, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
- Internship: 2019 Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN
- Residency: 2022 Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN
- Fellowship: 2023 Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
- Fellowship: 2024 Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
Honors & Awards
Research
Since the beginning of his Adult Neurology Residency, Luis Alcala became involved in epilepsy surgery clinical research, mainly focusing on outcomes of invasive neuromodulation for treatment of drug-resistant epilepsy cases not amenable to resective surgery. During fellowship he expanded his interests beyond the outcomes of epilepsy surgery and on to the racial and socioeconomic disparities that curtail access to it. As clinician-researchers, quantifying the issues involved in access to epilepsy surgery is not enough as we need develop a deeper sense of the reasons behind such disparities, which may be better studied by means of a qualitative lens.
Besides assessing epilepsy surgery outcomes, Dr. Alcala’s research tries to leverage mixed methods to delineate the key factors involved in the unequal access to epilepsy surgery.
For a complete list of publications, please visit PubMed.gov