- Anxiety
- Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
- Bipolar disorder
- Brief psychotic disorder
- Delusional disorder
- Depressed mood
- Depressed mood with hallucinations
- Depression
- Geriatric behavioral health
- Maternal mental health
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
- Panic disorders
- Phobias
- PMDD with bipolar disorder
- PMDD with psychosis
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- Psychostic disorder second opinion
- Schizoaffective disorder
- Schizophrenia
- Schizophreniform disorder
- Social anxiety
- Stressful life events
- Trauma related behavioral health
Nurun Begum, MD, PhD
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: Chittagong Medical College
- Residency: SUNY Downstate Medical Center
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, 2011
- American Psychiatric Association (member), National
- Delaware Psychiatric Society (DPS), Local
- Planetary Health Academia, International
- Planetary Health Academiea, International
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Nurun N Begum Mental Health in Corona Pandemic & Post-Pandemic World’ , Jagriti: 2021
Vani A. Rao, Nalini V. Juthani, Matthew E. Peters, Contribution by Nurun N. Begum Mental illness among South Asian Americans: Twenty culturally mindful case studies , iUniverse: 2019
Nurun Begum, ToshihisaTanaka, Golam Sadik, Md. Ashik .B Ansar, Takahashi Kudo and Masatoshi Takeda Toll like receptor 3 mediated pathogenesis in Alzheimer’s disease. , IPA (International Psychogeriatric Association) 25th Congress, Osaka Silver Congress, 2007 JAPAN.: 2007
Nurun Nessa Begum, ToshihisaTanaka, Golam Sadik, Md. Ashik .B Ansar, Takahashi Kudo and Masatoshi Takeda Amyloid beta up regulates Toll like receptor 3: Implication in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease. , 9th International Conference on Alzheimer’s disease and Related Disorders, Madrid, Spain,: 2006
Kimura R, Kamino K, Yamamoto M, Kida T, Akatsu H, Uema T, Kobayashi T, Hattori H, Nuripa A, Nessa BN, Kazui H, Ikejiri Y, Tanaka T, Tanii H, Kudo T, Yoneda H, Yamagata H, Miki T, Takeda M. Albumin gene encoding free fatty acid and beta-amyloid transporter is genetically associated with Alzheimer disease , Psychiatry Clin Neurosci, 60(1): 2006
Nurun N. Begum, Tanaka Toshihisa, Kamino Kouzin, Sadik Golam, Ashik Bin Ansar, Kimura Ryo, Tanii Hisashi, Okochi Masayasu, Morihara Takashi, Tagami Shinji, Kudo Takashi, and Takeda Masatoshi Toll like receptor mediated hyperphosphorylation of Tau in Human SH-SY5Y Neuroblastoma cells , Psychiatry Clin Neurosci: 2006
Tanaka T, Isoe-Wada K, Yamamori H, Kato K, Nessa BN, Sadik GM, Takeda M Neurobiological studies of dementia--biological markers and neuroprotective strategies for Alzheimer disease. , Acta Neurol Taiwan: 2006
Tanaka T, Isoe wada k, Yamamori H, Begum NN, Sadik MG, Takeda M Neurobiological studies of Dementia – biological markers and neuroprotective strategies for Alzheimer disease , Taiwan Japan Symposium of Dementia ,Tainan , Taiwan: 2005
Nurun N. Begum, Toshihisa Tanaka, Golam Sadik, Md. Ashik B Ansar, Takashi Kudo and Masatoshi Takeda Hyperphosphorylation of tau and inflammatory changes by TLR-3 mediated signal transduction in human SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells , Alzheimer's and Dementia, 25(105): 2005
Nurun N. Begum, Toshihisa Tanaka, Golam Sadik, Md. Ashik B Ansar, Takashi Kudo and Masatoshi Takeda Innate immune signal transduction mediated hyperphosphorylation of tau and inflammatory changes in human SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells , Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism Publication, 25(105): 2005