Dr. Lakshmi Shankar, MD is a neurology specialist in Hershey, PA. She specializes in neurology and vascular neurology.
Insurance Accepted
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Capital Blue Cross
- Cigna
- First Health (Coventry Health Care)
- HAP Insurance
- Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield
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Thrombosis
very high
more than 99% of peers
Cerebral Artery Thrombosis
very high
more than 97% of peers
Stroke
very high
more than 97% of peers
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2 Specialties
- Neurology
- Vascular Neurology
0 Board Certifications
Dr. Shankar does not have any board certifications listed.
71 Conditions Treated
- All Headaches (incl. Migraine)
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Aneurysm
- Ataxia
- Autoimmune Diseases
- Autonomic Disorders
- Bell's Palsy
- Brain Aneurysm
- Brain Disorders
- Cancer
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Cerebral Artery Thrombosis
- Cerebral Hemorrhage
- Cerebrovascular Disease
- Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuritis
- Chronic Pain
- Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)
- Confusion
- Cranial Trauma
- Dementia
- Diabetic Polyneuropathy
- Diplopia
- Dystonia
- Epidural Hematoma
- Epilepsy
- Essential Tremor
- Gait Abnormality
- Headache
- Herniated Disc
- Hydrocephalus
- Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension
- Inflammatory and Toxic Neuropathy
- Insomnia
- Intervertebral Disc Disease
- Low Back Pain
- Meningiomas
- Migraine
- Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
- Myasthenia Gravis
- Myelopathy
- Myoclonus
- Nerve Root Injury and Plexus Disorders (incl. Pinched Nerve)
- Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
- Nystagmus
- Optic Neuritis
- Parkinson's Disease
- Peripheral Autonomic Neuropathy
- Peripheral Nerve Disorders
- Polyneuropathy
- Radiculopathy (Not Due to Disc Displacement)
- Seizure Disorders
- Sleep Apnea
- Sleep Disorders
- Spinal Stenosis
- Spine Disorders
- Stroke
- Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
- Subdural Hemorrhage
- Syncope
- Syphilis Infections
- Temporal Arteritis
- Tension Headache
- Thrombosis
- Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA)
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Tremor
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
- Vascular Disease
- Vasculitis
- Vertigo
- Visual Field Defects
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1 Procedures
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0 Sanctions
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0 Board Actions
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Awards & Recognition
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Languages Spoken
- English
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