Aleksandra Jacobs

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Aleksandra Jacobs
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Faculty
First Name
Aleksandra
Last Name
Jacobs
NPI
1366527046
Faculty ID
9983
CMO Specialties
Clinical Terms
Employment Status
Full Time
Patient Type
Pediatric
Department
einstein-dept-neurology
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Gender
Female
Email
adjukic@montefiore.org
Phone
718-920-4378
Titles
Type
Academic
Department
The Saul R. Korey Department of Neurology
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Rank
Professor
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Division
Pediatric Neurology
Type
Academic
Department
Department of Pediatrics
Department Link
Rank
Associate Professor
Type
Clinical
Title
Attending
Type
Clinical
Title
Professor Pediatric Neurology
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Administrative
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POINT (-73.88072 40.88002)
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111 East 210th Street
City
Bronx
State
NY
Zip
10461-2401
Location Title
Montefiore Medical Center
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POINT (-73.87885 40.88037)
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3415 Bainbridge Avenue
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Bronx
State
NY
Zip
10467-2403
Location Title
The Children's Hospital at Montefiore
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POINT (-73.84154 40.84612)
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1250 Waters place
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Bronx
State
NY
Zip
10461-2720
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Montefiore at 1250 Waters Place
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POINT (-73.87923 40.97199)
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6 Executive Plaza
City
Yonkers
State
NY
Zip
10701-6832
Location Title
Montefiore at 6 Executive Plaza
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POINT (-73.8798833 40.8799447)
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Montefiore Medical Center
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111 East 210th Street
City
Bronx
State
NY
Zip
10467
Location Title
Montefiore Medical Center
Education and Trainings
Education Type Label
Medical Education
Education Institution
University of Belgrade
Education Type Label
Fellowship
Education Institution
Montefiore Medical Center
Education Type Label
Residency
Education Institution
University of Belgrade
Education Type Label
Residency
Education Institution
Montefiore Medical Center
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Residency
Education Institution
New York University Medical Center
Professional Interests

<p>Aleksandra Djukic, is Associate Professor of Neurology . She completed&nbsp; her neurology residency at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She is a diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.</p>
<p>Dr. Djukic has Ph.D. in neuropsychology and is especially qualified for evaluations and treatment of children with learning disabilities, addressing &nbsp;both cognitive and neurological problems in children with a variety of hereditary neurological diseases and &nbsp;babies with neonatal neurological problems.</p>
<p>Dr. Djukic gained extensive experience following and treating more than 300 children with traumatic brain injuries.</p>
<p>Currently she is <strong>Director of the Center for Rett Syndrome</strong> which is &nbsp;the only Center for Rett syndrome in the Tri-State area.</p>
<p>Dr. Djukic is &nbsp;member of the International Consortium for Rett Syndrome "RettSearch", Leader of the Working group for development of Treatment Quidelines for Rett Syndrome, Grant reviewer for IRSF, member of the International Committee for the research of bio markers in Rett Syndrome and member of the International Committee for the research of the outcome measures in Rett Syndrome.</p>
<p>Dr. Djukic is member of RE-TT&nbsp;(Rett Education -Transforming Teaching) a group which is actively addressing educational issued and provides support to families .</p>
<p>Dr. Djukic is also Director of the Neonatal Neurology service.</p>
<p>She is a member of the New York State Consortium for Krabbe Disease .<br /><br />Dr. Djukic speaks both English and Serbian.</p>

Research Areas
Rett syndrome
Neuropsychology
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Professional Title
M.D.
Ph.D.
Clinical Focus

The clinical focus is providing care for patients with Rett syndrome. She founded the Tri-State Rett Center at Montefiore in 2008, which provides comprehensive multidisciplinary care to 380 patients with Rett syndrome, and has been awarded a designation of the National Center of Excellence for Rett syndrome in 2021. Dr. Djukic serves on the Medical Advisory Board of the International Rett Syndrome Foundation. She has published about clinical care and worked with other Rett specialists to develop a better understanding of Rett syndrome and develop better outcome measures and biomarkers that can be used in treatment trials. She was the founder of an international Blue Sky Girls event that raised awareness about Rett syndrome.

Research Focus

Her vision to develop the Rett Syndrome Center at Montefiore originated from the optimism brought by the scientific evidence that several major aspects of the phenotype of the disorder could be fully reversed in an animal model, even in its terminal stages. However, we still do not understand well the full phenotype of the human disease inter-relationship between various symptoms, especially those autonomic and behavioral/cognitive. The main research goals of the Rett Syndrome Center, therefore, entail systematic and uniform documentation of the natural history, development of objective outcome measures, and better treatment strategies. These goals complement our endeavor to implement the best clinical practices in the clinical care of our patients.<br /><br />Dr. Djukic has a special interest in neuropsychology and how those with Rett syndrome communicate and excel in their education. She was the first to implement effective eye tracking technology as a method of cognitive assessment in patients with Rett syndrome and objective neurophysiological techniques to assess their language processing.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br /><br />Her current main research interest is related to the development of more effective therapies for individuals with Rett syndrome. She was the Principal investigator in seven clinical trials of Rett syndrome. She has also published about clinical care and worked with other scientists to develop a better understanding of Rett syndrome and develop better outcome measures and biomarkers that can be used in treatment trials.

Selected Publications

<p>Djukic, A., Lado, F. A., Shinnar, S., Mosh&eacute;, S. L., Are early myoclonic encephalopathy (EME) and the Ohtahara Syndrome (EIEE) independent of each other? Epilepsy Research, 70 (2-3S): 68-76 (2006).</p>
<p>Djukic A. Folate responsive neurological disorders, in Press. Pediatric neurology 2007. Review.</p>
<p>Wilson S, Djukic A, Shinnar S, Dharmani C, Rapin I. (2003) Clinical characteristics of language regression in children. Developmental Medicine Child Neurology 45:508-514.</p>
<p style="text-autospace: none; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12.0pt; margin: 0in 0in .0001pt 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt;">Djukic A.</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;"> Neurological Abnormalities in newborn , AAP ,Pediatric Primary Care , Chapter 106</span></p>
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<p style="text-autospace: none; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12.0pt; margin: 0in 0in .0001pt 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Djukic A, Vigevano F, Plouin P, Moshe S.L. Early myoclonic encephalopathy (neonatal myoclonic encephalopathy)</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 11.0pt; color: black;">. Epilepsy: a comprehensive textbook, 2 ed. Engel J, Pedley T eds. Lippincot Williams&amp;Wilkins, Philadelphia 2007. Chapter 224.</span></p>

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