Stephen G Kaler, MD

Clinical Genetics and Genomics (MD)
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Overview

Academic Appointments

  • Professor of Pediatrics at CUMC

Gender

  • Male

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Insurance Accepted

Aetna

  • Aetna Signature Administrators
  • EPO
  • NY Signature
  • Student Health

Cigna

  • Great West (National)

Emblem/HIP

  • Select Care (Exchange)
  • Vytra

Fidelis Care

  • Medicare Managed Care

Local 1199

  • Local 1199
  • NYP Employee Plan

Medicare

  • Traditional Medicare

Multiplan

  • Multiplan

MVP Health Care

  • Essential Plan

RiverSpring

  • Special Needs

UnitedHealthcare

  • Compass (Exchange)
  • Empire Plan
  • HMO
  • Oxford Freedom
  • Oxford HMO
  • Oxford Liberty
  • POS
  • PPO

VNSNY CHOICE

  • SelectHealth

World Trade Center Health Plan

  • World Trade Center Health Plan

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Credentials & Experience

Education & Training

  • BS, Biology/Classics, Boston College
  • MD, 1984 University of Rochester, School of Medicine and Dentistry
  • Internship: 1985 Boston VA Healthcare System
  • Residency: 1985 Brigham & Women's Hospital
  • Residency: 1987 Loyola University Medical Center
  • Residency: 1988 Tufts Medical Center
  • Residency: 1990 National Capital Consortium
  • Fellowship: 1989 National Institute of Health

Board Certifications

  • Clinical Biochemical Genetics

Research

Selected Publications

  1. Kennedy BJ, Savage SK, Kaler SG. Short report: Twins with 20p13 duplication. Case report and comprehensive literature review. Mol Genet Genomic Med. 2024 May;12(5):e2436. doi: 10.1002/mgg3.2436. PMID: 38738460; PMCID: PMC11089493.
  2. Fallah MP, Reilly C, Van Ryn C, Badio M, Camanor SW, Kaler SG, Johnson B, Orone R, Flumo H, Moses SJ, Johnson KL, Gorpudolo N, Gayedyu-Dennis D, Dighero-Kemp B, Fayiah J, Marron L, Hensley LE, Taylor RJ, Higgs ES, Lane HC, Neaton JD, Sneller MC. Pregnancy, pregnancy outcomes, and infant growth and development after recovery from Ebola virus disease in Liberia: an observational cohort study. Lancet Glob Health. 2023 Jul;11(7):e1053-e1060. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(23)00210-3. PMID: 37349033.
  3. Mori M, Clause AR, Truxal K, Hagelstrom RT, Manickam K, Kaler SG, Prasad V, Windster J, Alves MM, Di Lorenzo C. Autosomal Recessive ACTG2-Related Visceral Myopathy in Brothers. JPGN Rep. 2022 Oct 20;3(4):e258. doi: 10.1097/PG9.0000000000000258. PMID: 37168481; PMCID: PMC10158422.
  4. Hunter JE, Molony CM, Bagel JH, O'Donnell PA, Kaler SG, Wolfe JH. Transduction characteristics of alternative adeno-associated virus serotypes in the cat brain by intracisternal delivery. Mol Ther Methods Clin Dev. 2022 Jul 16;26:384-393. doi: 10.1016/j.omtm.2022.07.007. PMID: 36034772; PMCID: PMC9391516.
  5. Batzios S, Tal G, DiStasio AT, Peng Y, Charalambous C, Nicolaides P, Kamsteeg EJ, Korman SH, Mandel H, Steinbach PJ, Yi L, Fair SR, Hester ME, Drousiotou A, Kaler SG. Newly identified disorder of copper metabolism caused by variants in CTR1, a high-affinity copper transporter. Hum Mol Genet. 2022 Dec 16;31(24):4121-4130. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddac156. PMID: 35913762; PMCID: PMC9759326.