Cancer Institute of Long Island

Dr. Staszewski’s clinical practice spans the entire spectrum of hematological and oncological disorders but he has a particular interest in hematological malignancies and colorectal cancer. At New York Cancer & Blood Specialists, Dr. Staszewski currently serves as Chief Medical Officer.

Past work experience:Director of Pediatric Epielpsy Surgery ProgramKosair Children's Hospital Loiusville, KYI was instrumental in establishing a pediatric epilepsy surgery program for the first time at Kosair Children's Hospital. I played a key role in more than twelve successful epilepsy surgeries for a variety of indications.Clinical InterestsIntractable Pediatric Epilepsy, Surgical management of epilepsyRecent Publications:Book Chapter: "Pediatric Epilepsy: A Century of Discovery" by Shefali Karkare, Vinay Puri. in "Epilepsy: A Century of Discovery" Edited by Ramon Bautista et al, published by Nova Publsihers.Shefali Karkare, Sabiha Merchant Gail Solomon, Murray Engel Barry Kosofsky "MELAS With A3243G Mutation Presenting With Occipital Status Epilepticus" Journal of Child Neurology, Vol. 24, No. 12, 1564-1567 (2009)Shefali Karkare, Bruce Volpe, Steven Weinstein; Review of "Anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate Receptor Encephalitis in Children and Adolescents." Published in Neuroalert, October 2009S Karkare, S Merchant, J LaMothe, G Solomon - "Epileptic negative myoclonus in atypical benign partial epilepsy: Case reports and review of pathophysiology and treatment" Clinical Neurophysiology Volume 120, Issue 8, August 2009, Page e182S Karkare, Kathleen Bernstein, Kaleb Y ohay " Supratentorial Anaplastic Ependymoma in a Patient with Neurofibromatosis Type 2" Presented at The Children's Tumor Foundation's 2008 Annual NF conferenceS Karkare, Kathleen Bernsten, Kaleb Yohay "Uncharacterized brain abnormalities on MRI in patients with Neurofibromatosis Type 2" presented at Children's Tumor Foundation's 2009 Annual NF conference: New Frontiers,June 13-16, 2009 - Portland, OregonShefali Karkare, Sabiha Merchant, Jacqueline LaMothe, Gail Solomon " Epileptic negative myoclonus in atypical benign partial epilepsy: Case reports and review of pathophysiology and treatment" presented at the EEG and Clinical Neuroscience Annual Meeting 2009Shefali Karkare, Harry Chugani "Functional abnormalities of cerebral cortex in children with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy". October 13-16, 2004 33rd Annual Meeting of the Child Neurology Society. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Shefali Karkare, course facuIty, "Epilepsy: current and future trends" eighth annual Pediatric Neurology Update, Kosair Children's Hospital, August 20,2010