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Georgia Gianakakos, MD
Georgia Gianakakos, MD, received her medical degree from St. George’s University in Grenada, British West Indies and completed her residency at Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla, NY. Her training included an epilepsy fellowship at North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System. Her interests include cortical mapping, electroencephalography and evoked potential interpretation, electrocorticography, electromyography and trigger point injections.
Specialties
- Epilepsy
- Cortical mapping
- Electroencephalography and evoked potential interpretation
- Electrocorticography
- Electromyography
- Trigger point injections
board Certifications
Education
- Medical School: St. George’s University School of Medicine, Grenada, West Indies, 2004
- Undergraduate: University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, 1997
Training
- 2008-2009: Long Island Jewish/North Shore University Medical Center, New Hyde Park, New York: Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship/Epilepsy
- 2007-2008: Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY: Chief Resident Neurology
- 2005-2008: Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY: Resident Neurology
- 2004-2005: Jersey City Medical Center, Jersey City, NJ: Internal Medicine Preliminary Year
- 1997: National Science Foundation Summer Research Fellowship in Gene Therapy and Molecular Medicine
Languages
From the doctor
I was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. My parents are from Greece, and yes, life growing up was like My Big Fat Greek Wedding minus the Windex. My favorite uncle died of cancer when I was six so that’s when I decided to become a doctor. I attended medical school in Grenada, where I met my husband, a Family Practitioner with Baptist Primary Care. I find neurosciences fascinating, and my interest in Epilepsy started when I was providing medical care in Belize and was amazed at the number of patients with Epilepsy. What was stranger was that only two drugs were available to them. My hobbies include SCUBA diving, traveling and cooking.
Insurance Plans accepted
We accept the following insurance plans. If your plan is not listed below, please contact us at 904.376.4400.
- Aetna HMO
- AvMed HMO
- Beechstreet PPO
- Blue Cross Blue Shield: Blue Care HMO
- Blue Cross Blue Shield: Blue Options HMO
- Cigna
- Evolutions PPO
- First Health/Coventry/Southcare
- Florida health Alliance/Medcom (EPO/PPO)
- Humana HMO
- MDI Healthcare
- Medicare
- One Health/Great West-Cigna
- Prime Corp
- Tricare Standard (Champus)
Abstracts & Presentations
- Gianakakos, G., Singh, B.K. "Efficacy and Safety of Pregabalin in patients with developmental disabilities". Abstract AES 2008.
- Gianakakos, G., Serban, V. "Creutzfeld Jacob disease predating a diagnosis of acute myelogenous leukemia". Abstract AAN 2008.
- A.E. Kearns, K. Goto, G. Gianakakos, W. Lippman, M. Demay. “Transcriptional Repression of the Rat Osteocalcin Gene: Role of Two Intronic CCTCCT Motifs.” Endocrinology 140:4120-4126, 1999.
- A.E. Kearns, J. Muese, G. Gianakakos, M. Demay. "Identification and characterization of genes associated with osteoblast differentiation." ASBMR 1998.
- Brooks, A., Panahian, N., Halterman, M.W., Howard, D.F., Gianakakos, G., Haber, S.N., and Federoff, H.J. “Nerve growth factor somatic mosaic produced by Herpes Virus‑directed expression of ore recombinase in mice harboring a recombinational substrate.” Society for Neuroscience 1996.
Research Projects
- North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System-New Hyde Park, NY: Assessment of our experience with rapid felbamate titration in regards to safety and efficacy.
- Harvard Medical School, Endocrine Unit/Bone Metabolism Research Assistant, Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA. September 1997‑March 1999: Gene regulation of osteocalcin gene.
- Neurology/Gene Therapy and Molecular Medicine Laboratory Assistant, Strong Memorial Hospital Rochester, New York, September 1995‑September 1996: Generation of genetic mosaics in mice.
- Ultrasound Research Laboratory Assistant, Strong Memorial Hospital Rochester, New York, January 1996‑May 1996: Investigated ultrasound distortion and wavefronts as they travel through human tissue.
- Neuroscience Lab Assistant, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, April 1994‑May 1994: Investigated neurotransmitter concentration in brains of hypoxic animals.
