- Chronic disease management
- Gender affirming health care
- Gender affirming hormone therapy
- LGBTQ+ primary care
- Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)
- Preventive medicine
- Wellness examination
Menaka Dhingra, MD
she/her/hers
Internal Medicine
LGBTQ+ affirming provider
This provider is in Penn Medicine’s LGBTQ+ Affirming Care Network and is trained to provide inclusive care.
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Center for Primary Care
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine (General Internal Medicine)
My education and training
- Cooper Medical School of Rowan UniversityMedical School
- Hospital of the University of PennsylvaniaResidency
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)
- Americhealth Caritas of PA VIP - LGH Only
- Amerihealth Caritas (Transplant patients only)
- Amerihealth Caritas of PA - LGH Only
- 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.
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Dhingra is a Penn Medicine provider.
Qualifications and experience
- Internal Medicine, 2024
- American College of Physicians, National
- Society of General Internal Medicine, National
All conditions and treatments
Research
Publications
Yoo S, Dhingra M, Gaughan J, Daneshpooy S, Bhana NB, Bartick MC, Feldman-Winter L. Challenges and Opportunities of Using a National Database to Evaluate Racial/Ethnic Disparities and Breastfeeding Effects on Sudden Unexpected Infant Death , Breastfeed Med, 17(11): 2022,964-969
Crowley R, Atiq O, Hilden D, Cooney TG; Health and Public Policy Committee of the American College of Physicians*. Health Care for Our Nation's Veterans: A Policy Paper From the American College of Physicians , Ann Intern Med, 174(11): 2021,1600-1602
Crowley R, Atiq O, Hilden D; Health and Public Policy Committee of the American College of Physicians. Financial Profit in Medicine: A Position Paper From the American College of Physicians , Ann Intern Med, 174(10): 2021,1447-1449
Serchen J, Doherty R, Atiq O, Hilden D; Health and Public Policy Committee of the American College of Physicians. A Comprehensive Policy Framework to Understand and Address Disparities and Discrimination in Health and Health Care: A Policy Paper From the American College of Physicians , Ann Intern Med, 174(4): 2021,529-532
Roy S, Le H, Balogun A, Caskey E, Tessitore T, Kota R, Hejirika J, Yu S, Nguyen L, Lazo AL, Yard C, Monaghan M, Dhingra M, Modi S, Hunter K. Risk of Stroke in Patients With Patent Foramen Ovale Who Had Pulmonary Embolism , J Clin Med Res, 12(3): 2020,190-199
Johnson TJ, Ellison AM, Dalembert G, Fowler J, Dhingra M, Shaw K, Ibrahim S. Implicit Bias in Pediatric Academic Medicine , J Natl Med Assoc, 109(3): 2017,156-163
Jaffray, J., Vasquez, B., Witmer, C., Stillings, A., Dhingra, M., Malvar, J., & Young, G The Incidence and Risk Factors of Venous Thromboembolism in Children with Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters Versus Tunneled Centrally Inserted Catheters , American Journal of Hematology, 91(9): 2016,380-381