- Birth defect
Deborah A. Driscoll, MD
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 to 55
Penn Maternal Fetal Medicine HUP
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Senior Vice President, CPUP and Vice Dean for Professional Services
- Chief Physician Executive, Penn Medicine Medical Group
- Luigi Mastroianni, Jr. Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology in Genetics
- Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology in Pediatrics
My education and training
- Medical School: New York University School of Medicine
- Residency: University of Pennsylvania Health System
- Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania Health System
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)
- Amerihealth of NJ Core
- Amerihealth of NJ Enhanced
- Amerihealth of NJ HMO
- Amerihealth of NJ Local Value
- Amerihealth of NJ POS
- Amerihealth of NJ PPO
- Amerihealth of NJ Regional Preferred
- Amerihealth of NJ Secure
- Amerihealth of NJ Ultimate (PPO)
- 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
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: On the medical staff, but does not have privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1991
- Medical Genetics
- American Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology, National
- American College of Medical Genetics (ACMG), Founding Fellow, National
- American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), Fellow, National
- American Gynecological and Obstetrical Society, National
- American Medical Association,
- American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG),
- Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics (APGO),
- Biomedical Research & Education Foundation, Medical Advisory Board, 2004-present,
- Council of University Chairs of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National
- Foundation for Excellence in Women’s Health, National
- Genetic Counseling Master's Program, Advisory committee, Arcadia University, 2001-2002,
- International 22q11 Chromosome Deletion Foundation Medical Advisory Board, 2004-present,
- March of Dimes, National
- March of Dimes, Review Committee for Genetics & Your Practice Online, 2002-2003,
- NHLBI, ad hoc reviewer,
- NICHD, Women's Health Reproductive Research Centers, Advisory Committee,
- North American Society of Pediatrics and Adolescent Gynecology (NASPAG),
- Reproductive Scientist Development Program, Executive Committee,
- Recognized annually in Philadelphia Magazine's Top Docs issue from 2018 through 2022
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Driscoll, D.A., Budarf, M.L., Emanuel, B.S. A genetic etiology for DiGeorge syndrome: consistent deletions and microdeletions of 22q11. , Am. J. Hum. Genet., 50: 1992,924-933
Driscoll, D.A., Spinner, N.B., Budarf, M.L., McDonald-McGinn, D.M., Zackai, E.H., Goldberg, R.B., Shprintzen, R.J., Saal, H.M., Zonana, J., Jones, M.C., Mascarello, J.T., Emanuel, B.S. Deletions and microdeletions of 22q11.2 in velo-cardio-facial syndrome. , Am. J. Med. Genet., 44: 1992,261-268
McLean, S.D., Saal, H.M., Spinner, N.B., Emanuel, B.S. and Driscoll, D.A. Velo-cardio-facial syndrome: Intra-familial variability of the phenotype. , Am. J. Dis. Child., 147: 1993,1212-1216
Junker A.K. and Driscoll, D.A. Humoral Immunity in DiGeorge syndrome. , J. of Peds, 127: 1995,231-237
Driscoll, D.A. and Emanuel, B.S. DiGeorge and velocardiofacial syndrome: the 22q11 deletion syndrome. , Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews, 2: 1996,130-138
Goldmuntz E., Clark, B.J., Mitchell, L.E., Jawad, A.F., Reed, L., McDonald-McGinn, DM., Cuneo, B.F., Chien, P., Feuer, J., Zackai, E.H., Emanuel, B.S., Driscoll, D.A. Frequency of 22q11 deletions in patients with conotruncal defects. , J. Am. College of Cardiology, 32: 1998,492-498
Driscoll DA, Morgan MA, Schulkin J Screening for Down syndrome: changing practice of obstetricians , Am J Obstet Gynecol, 200(459): 2009
Wapner RJ, Driscoll DA, Simpson JL Integration of microarray technology into prenatal diagnosis: counseling issues generated during the NICHD clinical trial. , Prenat Diagn, 32: 2012,396-400