Claudia F. Baldassano, MD
Psychiatry
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Psychiatry Market Street 2nd Floor
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
My education and training
- Medical School: Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
- Residency: Pennsylvania Hospital
- Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital
Spoken languages
English
English
Insurance accepted
Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.
- 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
- Claim Watcher (Homestead/ INDECs) Open Access
- Highmark Blue Shield BlueCare Custom PPO
- Highmark Blue Shield Complete Blue PPO Choice Deluxe
- Highmark Blue Shield Complete Blue PPO Premier
- Highmark Blue Shield First Priority Life (FPLIC) - AffordaBlue PPO
- Highmark Blue Shield Freedom Blue PPO
- Highmark Blue Shield My Blue Access PPO
- Highmark Blue Shield My Direct Blue EPO
- Highmark Blue Shield PPO
- Humana Military (Tricare/Health Net Federal Services) HMO
- Humana Military (Tricare/Health Net Federal Services) PPO
Locations
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- Psychiatry, 2010
- American Psychiatric Association, National
- Depression Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA), Local
- International Association for Bipolar Disorders, International
- Recognized annually in Philadelphia magazine's Top Docs issue from 2023 through 2025
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Baldassano CF, Kim DR, Marangel L, Sachs GS, Thase ME. Gender Differences in Bipolar Disorder: Data from STEP 500 , presented 155th Annual Meeting of the Psychiatric Association, Philadelphia, PA: 2002
Baldassano CF, Ghaemi SN, Lipari M. Zonisamide in Bipolar Outpatients with Depression. , American Epilepsy Society: 2002
Sachs GS, Baldassano CF, Ghaemi SN, Truman CJ Comorbidity of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder with early onset versus late onset bipolar disorder. , American Journal of Psychiatry , 157(3): 2000,466-468
Baldassano CF, Shriver A, Demopulos CM, Sachs GS Obstetrical complications in early versus late onset bipolar illness. , Poster presentation,150th Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, San Diego California: 1997
Ghaemi SN, Sachs GS, Baldassano CF, Truman CJ Acute treatment of bipolar disorder with adjunctive risperidone in outpatients. , Canadian Journal of Psychiatry , 42(2): 1997,196-199
Baldassano CF, Truman CJ, Nierenberg AA, Ghaemi SN, Sachs GS Akathisia: a review and case report following paroxetine treatment , Psychiatry Review, Issue I: 1997
Ghaemi SN, Sachs GS, Baldassano CF, Truman CJ Insight in seasonal affective disorder. , Comprehensive Psychiatry, 38(6): 1997
Ghaemi SN, Sachs GS, Baldassano CF, Truman CJ. Insight in seasonal affective disorder: results of a treatment trial. , Poster presentation, 149th Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, New York: 1996