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Amy A. Pruitt, MD
Neurology
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Neuroscience Center - Neurology
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Vice Chair for Education, Neurology
- Division Chief, General Neurology
- Advisory Dean
- William N. Kelley Professor of Neurology
My education and training
- Medical School: Harvard University
- Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital
Spoken languages
English
English
Français
French
Reviews
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Insurance accepted
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- Aetna Advantra Cares D-SNP
- Aetna Advantra Credit Value
- Aetna Advantra Eagle HMO
- Aetna Advantra Eagle POS
- Aetna Advantra Premier Plus PPO
- Aetna Advantra Value
- Aetna Advantra Value Plus
- Aetna APCN Plus (Multi-Tier)
- Aetna Better Health Kids (CHIP) - DH Only
- Aetna Flexible Five
- Aetna Freedom Core
- Aetna Gold
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Philly Prime
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO APCN
- Aetna Premier
- Aetna Premier Plus
- Aetna Savings Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- Aetna Student Health Plan PPO
- Aetna Upfront Advantage
- First Health HMO
- First Health POS
- First Health PPO
- Meritain - Aramark (Other)
- Meritain - Aramark (Pennsylvania Premier Medical Plan)
- Centivo EPO
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
- Cigna Healthcare HMO
- Cigna Healthcare POS
- Cigna Healthcare PPO
- Claim Watcher (Homestead/ INDECs) Open Access
- Clover Health Choice
- Clover Health Choice Value PPO
- Clover Health Classic HMO
- Clover Health Value
- Devoted Health Choice Giveback Pennsylvania (PPO)
- Devoted Health Choice Pennsylvania (PPO)
- Devoted Health Choice Plus Pennsylvania (PPO)
- Devoted Health Core Pennsylvania (HMO)
- Devoted Health Dual Plus Pennsylvania (HMO D-SNP)
- Devoted Health Giveback Pennsylvania (HMO)
Locations
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- Neurology, 1980
- Internal Medicine, 1977
- American Academy of Neurology, National
- American Neurological Association, National
- Association of University Professors of Neurology, National
- Philadelphia Neurological Society, Local
- Penn Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors Program
- Penn Brain Tumor Center
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Amy A. Pruitt MD Neurological Complications of Infective Endocarditis , Curr Treatment Options in Neurology : 2013
Pruitt AA, Graus F, Rosenfeld MR Neurological complications of transplantation Part I: Hematopoietic cell transplantation. , The Neurohospitalist, 3: 2013,24-38
Pruitt AA, Graus F, Rosenfeld MR Neurological complications of transplantation Part II: Solid organ transplantation. , The Neurohospitalist, 3(3): 2013,152-166
Richie MB, Pruitt AA Spinal cord infections , Neurol Clin North America, 31(1): 2013,19-53
Bican O, Minagar A, Pruitt AA Spinal cord: A Review of Functional Neuroanatomy , Neurol Clin, 31(1): 2013,1-18
Rosenfeld MR, Pruitt AA Management of malignant glioma and primary CNS lymphoma: Standard of care and future directions , Continuum, 18(2): 2012,406-415
Pruitt AA Neurologic infectious disease emergencies , Neurol Clinics North America, 30: 2012,129-159
Balu R, Pruitt AA Neurologic Complications of Immunosuppressive Drugs. , Neurological Complications of Cancer Therapy: 2012,107-124
Pruitt AA Central nervous system infections in patients with cancer , Continuum, 18(2): 2012,384-405
Pruitt AA Immune-mediated encephalopathies with an emphasis on paraneoplastic encephalopathies. , Semin Neurol , 31(2): 2011,159-169