Jennifer L. Orthmann Murphy, MD, PhD

Neurology
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Neuroscience Center - Neurology
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Penn Medicine Provider

About me

  • Co-Director of the Age Span Fellowship in Multiple Sclerosis/Neuroinflammatory Disorders
  • Assistant Professor of Neurology

My education and training

  • Medical School: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
  • Residency: University of Pennsylvania Health System
  • Fellowship: Johns Hopkins Hospital

Spoken languages

English
English

Insurance accepted

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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.
Dr. Orthmann Murphy is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and conditions

Research

Publications

Kornbluh AB, Baldwin A, Fatemi A, Vanderver A, Adang LA, Van Haren K, Sampson J, Eichler FS, Sadjadi R, Engelen M, Orthmann-Murphy JL Practical Approach to Longitudinal Neurologic Care of Adults With X-Linked Adrenoleukodystrophy and Adrenomyeloneuropathy. , Neurology Genetics, 10(5): 2024,e200192


Adang LA, Bonkowsky JL, Boelens JJ, Mallack E, Ahrens-Nicklas R, Bernat JA, Bley A, Burton B, Darling A, Eichler F, Eklund E, Emrick L, Escolar M, Fatemi A, Fraser JL, Gaviglio A, Keller S, Patterson MC, Orchard P, Orthmann-Murphy J, Santoro JD, Schöls L, Sevin C, Srivastava IN, Rajan D, Rubin JP, Van Haren K, Wasserstein M, Zerem A, Fumagalli F, Laugwitz L, Vanderver A Consensus guidelines for the monitoring and management of metachromatic leukodystrophy in the United States , Cytotherapy, 26 (7): 2024,739-748


Sevagamoorthy A, Vanderver A, Fraser JL, Orthmann-Murphy J. Glial Origins of Inherited White Matter Disorders , Additional Perspectives on Glia in Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol, 17(7): 2025,a041457


Baldwin A, Copeland J, Azage M, Dratch L, Johnson K, Paul RA, Amado DA, Baer M, Deik A, Elman LB, Guo M, Hamedani AG, Irwin DJ, Lasker A, Orthmann-Murphy J, Quinn CC, Tropea TF, Scherer SS, Shinohara RT, Hamilton RH, Ellis CA Disparities in genetic testing for neurologic disorders , Neurology, 102 (6): 2024,e209161


Dratch L, Azage M, Baldwin A, Johnson K, Paul RA, Bardakjian TM, Michon SC, Amado DA, Baer M, Deik AF, Elman LB, Gonzalez-Alegre P, Guo MH, Hamedani AG, Irwin DJ, Lasker A, Orthmann-Murphy J, Quinn C, Tropea TF, Scherer SS, Ellis CA Genetic testing in adults with neurologic disorders: indications, approach, and clinical impacts. , J Neurology , 271 (2): 2024,733-747


Felipe J.S. Jones and Jennifer Orthmann-Murphy Clinical Reasoning: A 26-year-old woman with chronic progressive gait dysfunction , Neurology , 103(7): 2024,e209830


Koch RL, Soler-Alfonso C, Kiely BT, Asai A, Smith AL, Bali DS, Kang PB, Landstrom AP, Akman HO, Burrow TA, Orthmann-Murphy JL, Goldman DS, Pendyal S, El-Gharbawy AH, Austin SL, Case LE, Schiffmann R, Hirano M, Kishnani PS. Diagnosis and management of glycogen storage disease type IV, including adult polyglucosan body disease: A clinical practice resource , Molecular Genetics and Metabolism, 138(3): 2023,107525


Helman G, Orthmann-Murphy JL, Vanderver A Approaches to diagnosis for individuals with a suspected inherited white matter disorder , Handb Clin Neurol, 204: 2024,21-35


Jones FJ, Elser H, Mendez A, Fraser JL, Orthmann-Murphy J. Neuroimage: Leukoencephalopathy With Calcifications and Cysts , Neurology, 103(9): 2024,e209936


Papapetropoulos S, Pontius A, Finger E, Karrenbauer V, Lynch DS, Brennan M, Zappia1 S, Koehler W, Schoels L, Hayer SN, Konno T, Ikeuchi T, Lund T, Orthmann-Murphy J, Eichler E and Wszolek ZK Adult-Onset Leukoencephalopathy With Axonal Spheroids and Pigmented Glia: Review of Clinical Manifestations as Foundations for Therapeutic Development , Frontiers in Neurology, 12: 2022,788168