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Dr. Karl Deisseroth, MD

Stanford, CA

19 Years of Experience

Accepting patients

Affiliated with a Castle Connolly Top Hospital

    Who is Dr. Deisseroth, Psychiatrist in Stanford, CA?

    Dr. Karl Deisseroth, MD is a Psychiatrist, who primarily practices in Stanford, CA with 1 additional practice location. He has been practicing for over 19 years and is board certified. Dr. Deisseroth completed his residency at Stanford Univ Hosp, Psychiatry. Dr. Deisseroth is fluent in English and Spanish, and is currently seeing new patients. Dr. Deisseroth’s practice accepts Medicare and other major insurance plans. To book an appointment or to confirm insurance options, please call Dr. Deisseroth’s office at (650) 498-5710.

    Where did Dr. Deisseroth go to medical school and complete their residency?

    • Residency: Stanford Univ Hosp, Psychiatry | Stanford University Hospital

    • Medical School: Stanford Univ Sch Of Med- Stanford Ca

    Is Dr. Deisseroth board certified as a Psychiatrist?

    Yes, Dr. Karl Deisseroth, MD is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

    What languages does Dr. Deisseroth speak?

    Dr. Deisseroth and their clinical team can communicate with patients in the following languages:

    • English

    • Spanish

    What conditions does a Psychiatrist like Dr. Deisseroth typically treat?

    As a Psychiatrist, Dr. Deisseroth diagnoses, treats, and manages a wide range of conditions. This condition information is derived from anonymized insurance claims and highlights the medical conditions most commonly treated by Dr. Deisseroth. It provides insight into the doctor’s areas of experience and expertise based on real-world patient encounters from the past two years, updated quarterly. Learn more about our claims-based healthcare methodology.

    Also known as:

    • Depression
    • Clinical depression
    • Major depressive disorder
    • Mood disorder

    ICD-10 Codes:

    • F32A: Depression, unspecified

    Does Dr. Deisseroth accept my insurance?

    Dr. Deisseroth accepts most major insurance plans. Important: Please call our office at (650) 498-5710 before your appointment to verify that your specific plan and network are accepted.

    What insurance plans does Dr. Deisseroth accept in Stanford, CA?

    Dr. Deisseroth in Stanford, CA accepts plans from many carriers. While this list is updated regularly, it is not a guarantee of coverage.

    Top Insurances

    • Blue Shield of California

    • Centene Corporation

    • Cigna Group

    • Medicare

    • Other Provider Networks

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    Where is Dr. Deisseroth's office located?

    Dr. Karl Deisseroth's Primary Practice

    300 Pasteur Dr

    Stanford, CA 94305

    (650) 498-5710

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    Dr. Karl Deisseroth's Practice 2

    401 Quarry Rd

    Palo Alto, CA 94304

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    Recognitions

    Publications

    Structural and molecular interrogation of intact biological systems.

    , 2013

    Diverging neural pathways assemble a behavioural state from separable features in anxiety

    , 2013

    Dopamine neurons modulate neural encoding and expression of depression-related behaviour

    , 2013

    A prefrontal cortex-brainstem neurol projection that controls response to behavioural challenge

    , 2012

    Crystal structure of the channelrhodopsin light-gated cation channel

    , 2012

    The Microbial Opsin Family of Optogenetic Tools

    , 2011

    Neocortical excitation/inhibition balance in information processing and social dysfunction

    , 2011

    Optogenetics in Neural Systems

    , 2011

    Amygdala circuitry mediating reversible and bidirectiol control of anxiety

    , 2011

    Optogenetics

    , 2011

    The Development and Application of Optogenetics

    , 2011

    Cholinergic Interneurons Control Local Circuit Activity and Cocaine Conditioning

    , 2010

    Parvalbumin neurons and gamma rhythms enhance cortical circuit performance

    , 2009

    Driving fast-spiking cells induces gamma rhythm and controls sensory responses

    , 2009

    Phasic Firing in Dopaminergic Neurons Is Sufficient for Behavioral Conditioning

    , 2009

    Temporally precise in vivo control of intracellular siglling

    , 2009

    Optical Deconstruction of Parkinsonian Neural Circuitry

    , 2009

    CLARITY for mapping the nervous system.

    , 2013

    Hypothalamic Neurotensin Projections Promote Reward by Enhancing Glutamate Transmission in the VTA

    , 2013

    Multiple Sources of Striatal Inhibition Are Differentially Affected

    , 2013

    Optogenetic Delay of Status Epilepticus Onset in an In Vivo Rodent Epilepsy Model

    , 2013

    Making Waves: Initiation and Propagation of Corticothalamic Ca2+ Waves In Vivo

    , 2013

    Making waves: initiation and propagation of corticothalamic Ca2+ waves in vivo.

    , 2013

    The Brain Activity Map

    , 2013

    Neuroscience. The brain activity map.

    , 2013

    notools for Neuroscience and Brain Activity Mapping

    , 2013

    Posttraining optogenetic manipulations of b

    , 2013

    Rapid regulation of depression-related behaviours by control of midbrain dopamine neurons

    , 2013

    Glutamatergic Neurotransmission between the C1 Neurons

    , 2013

    Optogenetic Inhibition of Dorsal Medial Prefrontal Cortex Attenuates Stress

    , 2013

    Closed-loop optogenetic control of thalamus as a tool for interrupting seizures after cortical

    , 2013

    Cortico-Striatal Stimulation Generates Persistent OCD-Like Behavior.

    , 2013

    A unique population of ventral tegmental area neurons inhibits the lateral habenula to promote

    A causal link between prediction errors, dopamine neurons and learning

    Engineering approaches to illumiting brain structure and dymics.

    Causal interactions between fronto-parietal central executive and default-mode networks in humans.

    Optogenetics.

    Light microscopy mapping of connections in the intact brain.

    Optogenetics in the behaving rat: integration of diverse new technologies in a vital animal model.

    Optogenetic activation of an inhibitory network enhances feedforward functiol connectivity

    Optogenetic inhibition of cocaine seeking in rats

    , 2013

    Prefrontal D1 dopamine sigling is required for temporal control

    , 2012

    Two-photon optogenetic toolbox for fast inhibition, excitation and bistable modulation

    , 2012

    Two-photon optogenetics of dendritic spines and neural circuits

    , 2012

    Optogenetic and Potassium Channel Gene Therapy in a Rodent Model of Focal Neocortical Epilepsy

    , 2012

    Reversible online control of habitual behavior by optogenetic perturbation of medial prefrontal

    , 2012

    Input-specific control of reward and aversion in the ventral tegmental area

    , 2012

    High-Frequency Hippocampal Oscillations Activated by Optogenetic Stimulation of Transplanted Human

    , 2012

    Color-tuned Channelrhodopsins for Multiwavelength Optogenetics

    , 2012

    Neurol circuitry mechanism regulating adult quiescent neural stem-cell fate decision

    , 2012

    Photothermal Genetic Engineering

    , 2012

    Activation of specific interneurons improves V1 feature selectivity and visual perception

    , 2012

    When the electricity (and the lights) go out: transient changes in excitability

    , 2012

    Expanding the Repertoire of Optogenetically Targeted Cells with an Enhanced Gene Expression System

    , 2012

    Striatal Dopamine Release Is Triggered by Synchronized Activity in Cholinergic Interneurons

    , 2012

    Altered profile of basket cell afferent sypses in hyper

    , 2012

    Optogenetics and Psychiatry: Applications, Challenges, and Opportunities

    , 2012

    A critical role for NMDA receptors in parvalbumin interneurons for gamma rhythm induction

    , 2012

    Optogenetic stimulation of a hippocampal engram activates fear memory recall

    , 2012

    Syptic Activity Unmasks Dopamine D2 Receptor Modulation of a Specific Class of Layer V Pyramidal

    , 2012

    Optogenetic investigation of neural circuits underlying brain disease in animal models

    , 2012

    GABA Neurons of the VTA Drive Conditioned Place Aversion

    , 2012

    Structural Model of Channelrhodopsin

    , 2012

    Integrated device for combined optical neuromodulation

    , 2012

    Principles for applying optogenetic tools derived from direct comparative alysis of microbial

    , 2012

    Optetrode: a multichannel readout for optogenetic control in freely moving mice.

    , 2012

    GABAergic circuits mediate the reinforcement-related sigls of striatal cholinergic interneurons.

    , 2012

    GABAergic circuits mediate the reinforcement-related sigls of striatal cholinergic interneurons

    , 2012

    Optetrode: a multichannel readout for optogenetic control in freely moving mice

    , 2012

    A critical role for NMDA receptors in parvalbumin interneurons for gamma rhythm induction

    , 2012

    Recombise-Driver Rat Lines: Tools, Techniques

    , 2011

    Leptin regulates the reward value of nutrient

    , 2011

    Neurol filtering of multiplexed odour representations

    , 2011

    SNCA Triplication Parkinson's Patient's iPSC-derived DA Neurons Accumulate alpha-Synuclein

    , 2011

    Hemisphere-specific optogenetic stimulation reveals left-right asymmetry of hippocampal plasticity

    , 2011

    Dymics of Retrieval Strategies for Remote Memories

    , 2011

    Differential Modulation of Excitatory and Inhibitory Striatal Syptic Transmission by Histamine

    , 2011

    In Vivo Optogenetic Stimulation of Neocortical Excitatory Neurons Drives Brain-State

    , 2011

    Multiscale Computatiol Models for Optogenetic Control of Cardiac Function

    , 2011

    Cell type-specific channelrhodopsin

    , 2011

    A new mode of corticothalamic transmission revealed in the Gria4(-/-) model of absence epilepsy

    , 2011

    Optogenetic Interrogation of Dopaminergic Modulation of the Multiple Phases of Reward

    , 2011

    Excitatory transmission from the amygdala to nucleus accumbens facilitates reward seeking

    , 2011

    OPTOGENETICS: BACKGROUND AND CONCEPTS FOR NEUROSURGERY

    , 2011

    Challenges and Opportunities for Next-Generation Intracortically Based Neural Prostheses

    , 2011

    High-efficiency channelrhodopsins for fast neurol stimulation at low light levels

    , 2011

    Functiol Integration of Grafted Neural Stem Cell

    , 2011

    An optogenetic toolbox designed for primates

    , 2011

    Active Expiration Induced by Excitation of Ventral Medulla in Adult Anesthetized Rats

    , 2011

    An Implantable Optical Stimulation Delivery System for Actuating an Excitable Biosubstrate

    , 2011

    Tracking Stem Cell Differentiation in the Setting of Automated Optogenetic Stimulation

    , 2011

    Optogenetics.

    , 2011

    Amygdala circuitry mediating reversible and bidirectiol control of anxiety.

    , 2011

    High-efficiency channelrhodopsins for fast neurol stimulation at low light levels.

    Drug-Driven AMPA Receptor Redistribution Mimicked by Selective Dopamine Neuron Stimulation

    , 2010

    Tuning arousal with optogenetic modulation of locus coeruleus neurons

    , 2010

    Antidepressant Effect of Optogenetic Stimulation of the Medial Prefrontal Cortex

    , 2010

    Encoding of conditioned fear in central amygdala inhibitory circuits

    , 2010

    Genetic dissection of an amygdala microcircuit that gates conditioned fear

    , 2010

    Functiol Control of Transplantable Human ESC-Derived Neurons via Optogenetic Targeting

    , 2010

    Cell Type-Specific Loss of BDNF Sigling Mimics Optogenetic Control of Cocaine Reward

    , 2010

    Orderly recruitment of motor units under optical control in vivo

    , 2010

    Astrocytes Control Breathing Through pH-Dependent Release of ATP

    , 2010

    Regulation of parkinsonian motor behaviours by optogenetic control of basal ganglia circuitry

    , 2010

    Genetic Reactivation of Cone Photoreceptors Restores Visual Responses in Retinitis Pigmentosa

    , 2010

    Optical activation of lateral amygdala pyramidal cells instructs associative fear learning

    , 2010

    Global and local fMRI sigls driven by neurons defined optogenetically by type and wiring

    , 2010

    Glutamatergic Sigling by Mesolimbic Dopamine Neurons in the Nucleus Accumbens

    , 2010

    Dlx5 and Dlx6 Regulate the Development of Parvalbumin-Expressing Cortical Interneurons

    , 2010

    Molecular and Cellular Approaches for Diversifying and Extending Optogenetics

    , 2010

    Ultrafast optogenetic control

    , 2010

    Orderly recruitment of motor units under optical control in vivo.

    , 2010

    Targeted optogenetic stimulation

    , 2010

    Optogenetic interrogation of neural circuits: technology for probing mammalian brain structures

    , 2010

    Controlling the brain with light

    , 2010

    Optical activation of lateral amygdala pyramidal cells instructs associative fear leaJohansen JP

    Special issue on optical neural engineering: advances in optical stimulation technology.

    , 2010

    Optogenetic dissection of neurol circuits in zebrafish using viral gene transfer and the Tet system

    , 2009

    Integrated device for optical stimulation

    , 2009

    Sleep Homeostasis Modulates Hypocretin-Mediated Sleep-to-Wake Transitions

    , 2009

    Optogenetic control of epileptiform activity

    , 2009

    Induced chromosome deletions cause hypersociability

    , 2009

    Bi-stable neural state switches

    , 2009

    Escape behavior elicited by single

    , 2008

    eNpHR: a tronomos halorhodopsin enhanced for optogenetic applications

    , 2008

    Improved expression of halorhodopsin for light-induced silencing of neurol activity

    , 2008

    Brain circuit dymics

    , 2008

    Red-shifted optogenetic excitation: a tool for fast neural control derived from Volvox carteri

    , 2008

    Controlling neurol activity

    , 2008

    Red-shifted optogenetic excitation: a tool for fast neural control derived from Volvox carteri.

    , 2008

    Brain circuit dymics

    , 2008

    Targeting and readout strategies for fast optical neural control in vitro and in vivo

    , 2007

    Nociceptive neurons protect Drosophila larvae from parasitoid wasps

    , 2007

    Neural substrates of awakening probed with optogenetic control of hypocretin neurons

    , 2007

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    What is Dr. Deisseroth's NPI number?An National Provider Identifier (NPI) is a unique ID number that identifies doctors and healthcare providers nationwide.

    Dr. Deisseroth's National Provider Identifier (NPI) number is 1902933310.

    What common questions do patients ask about Dr. Deisseroth?

    Here are answers to patients Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ’s) about Dr. Deisseroth

    What is Dr. Karl Deisseroth's specialty?

    Dr. Deisseroth is a Psychiatrist near Stanford, CA.

    What does a Psychiatrist do?

    A Psychiatrist specializes in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of mental disorders, emotional disorders, psychotic disorders, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, substance-related disorders, sexual and gender identity disorders and adjustment disorders. Biologic, psychological, and social components of illnesses are explored and understood in treatment of the whole person. Tools used may include diagnostic laboratory tests, prescribed medications, evaluation and treatment of psychological and interpersonal problems with individuals and families, and intervention for coping with stress, crises, and other problems.

    Is this Dr. Karl Deisseroth affiliated with a ranked Castle Connolly Top Hospital?

    Yes, Dr. Deisseroth is affiliated with Stanford Health Care - Stanford Hospital which is a Castle Connolly Top Hospital. Castle Connolly Top Hospitals are healthcare institutions recognized for their excellence in specific medical procedures and overall patient care. They are identified through a rigorous peer nomination process, evaluating factors like patient outcomes, quality of care, and expertise. The list recognizes hospitals that excel in 20 or more specific medical procedures, representing the top 25% nationwide. Castle Connolly Top Hospitals

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    Is Karl Deisseroth accepting new patients in Stanford, CA?

    Yes, Dr. Karl Deisseroth is accepting new patients at this time.

    Does Dr. Karl Deisseroth offer online booking?

    Please contact Dr. Deisseroth's office at (650) 498-5710 for information about online booking, telehealth, or to schedule an appointment.

    How can I make an appointment with Karl Deisseroth?

    Please contact Dr. Deisseroth's office at (650) 498-5710 for information regarding telehealth appointment availability or for scheduling assistance.

    Which board certifications does Dr. Karl Deisseroth have?

    Dr. Karl Deisseroth is certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.

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