Columbia Doctors
51 West 51st Street
New York, NY 10019
212-305-1742
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Last Update: May 4, 2025
Last Update: May 4, 2025
Carl W. Bazil
MD
Carl Bazil
MD
New York
New York (NY)
Neurology; Sleep Medicine
Neurology
Sleep Medicine
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Carl W. Bazil, MD, PhD, is the Caitlin Tynan Doyle Professor of Neurology, College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University. He is the Director of the Division of Epilepsy and Sleep at the Neurological Institute in New York City. Dr. Bazil received his undergraduate degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and his PhD (pharmacology) and medical degree from Emory University. He was a Neurology Resident and Chief Resident at New York University and a Clinical Fellow in Epilepsy/EEG at the Neurological Institute of Columbia University. He is board certified in Neurology, Epilepsy, Clinical Neurophysiology, and Sleep Medicine. Dr. Bazil’s research interests are primarily in the interaction between sleep, sleep disorders, and epilepsy, and in finding new treatments for epilepsy. He is the epilepsy section editor for Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports, and a member of the Editorial Boards of The Medical Letter and JAMA Neurology. He has published over 100 articles in professional journals, has edited a book on sleep and epilepsy (Sleep and Epilepsy: The Clinical Spectrum), has contributed 20 chapters to various texts in his field, and has written a book for patients on epilepsy (Living Well With Epilepsy and Other Seizure Disorders).
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About Carl Bazil
Medical School: Emory University School of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1989
Professional Webpage: https://www.neurology.columbia.edu/profile/carl-w-bazil-md
Special Licenses/Certifications:
Added qualification in Sleep Medicine, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Added qualification in Epilepsy, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Added qualification in Clinical Neurophysiology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
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