Meet Our Doctors

Jeffrey Karasik MD FAAP

    Dr. Karasik always wanted to be a  pediatrician. He majored in Biological Sciences with a concentration in Genetics and Development at Cornell University.

    After receiving his medical degree at SUNY Downstate Medical

Center, he completed his pediatric training at New York University and Bellevue Hospital Center. He completed a fellowship in Genetics and Dysmorphology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine

and Montefiore Medical Center.

     The perpetual  student, Dr. Karasik earned his Master of Public Health degree in May of 2011. He is currently  pursuing a Certificate in Global Health and a Doctorate at New York Medical College, where he also precepts first year medical students.

    He joined Clarkstown Pediatrics  in 1992. Dr. Karasik is fluent in

Spanish and has an interest in international health. He has traveled on medical missions to East Africa, Vietnam, and Nicaragua. He also serves as medical director of SHARE Africa, a local organization dedicated to social and healthcare issues in Kenya.

     He enjoys spending his free time with his family and playing clarinet in the Rockland County Concert Band.