- Stroke
- Transient ischemic attack
Brett Cucchiara, MD
Neurology
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Neuroscience Center - Neurology
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Director, Neurovascular Lab
- Professor of Neurology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
My education and training
- Medical School: Tulane University School of Medicine
- Residency: Tulane Medical Center
- Residency: University of Pennsylvania Health System
- Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania Health System
Spoken languages
English
English
Reviews
109 reviews
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Insurance accepted
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- 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: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Lancaster General Hospital
- Doylestown Hospital: On the medical staff, but does not have privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Chester County Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Princeton Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- Psychiatry & Neurology, Vascular Neurology
- Neurology, 2001
- American Academy of Neurology, National
- American Heart Association / American Stroke Association, National
- Platelet Oriented Inhibition in New TIA and Minor Ischemic Stroke (POINT) Trial. PI, SC Johnston, University of Texas-Austin., International
- Platelet oriented inhibition in new TIA and minor stroke trial-biomarker substudy., International
- Penn Stroke Program
- Recognized annually in Philadelphia Magazine's Top Docs issue from 2018 through 2025
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Cucchiara B, Datta, R, Aguirre G, Idoko K, Detre J. Measurement of visual sensitivity in migraine – validation of two scales and correlation with visual cortex activation , Cephalalgia , 35(7): 2015,585-92
Cucchiara B, Wolf RL, Nagae L, Zhang Q, Kasner S, Datta R, Aguirre GK, Detre JA. Migraine with aura is associated with an incomplete circle of willis: results of a prospective observational study. , PLoS ONE, 8: 2013,e71007
Datta R, Aguirre GK, Hu S, Detre JA, Cucchiara B. Interictal cortical hyperresponsiveness in migraine is directly related to the presence of aura. , Cephalalgia, 33(6): 2013,365-74
Merwick A, Albers GW, Arsava EM, Ay H, Calvet D, Coutts SB, Cucchiara BL, Demchuk AM, Giles MF, Mas JL, Olivot JM, Purroy F, Rothwell PM, Saver JL, Sharma VK, Tsivgoulis G, Kelly PJ. Reduction in early stroke risk in carotid stenosis with transient ischemic attack associated with statin treatment. , Stroke., 44: 2013,2814-2820
Ishida K, Raser-Schramm JM, Wilson CA, Kasner SE, Mullen MT, Messe SR, Cucchiara B. Convergent validity and interrater reliability of estimating the ABCD2 score from medical records. , Stroke, 44(3): 2013,803-5
Raser J, Cucchiara B. Modifications of the ABCD2 score do not improve risk stratification of TIA patients. , Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases., 21(6): 2012,467-70
Datta R, Detre JA, Aguirre GK, Cucchiara B. Absence of changes in cortical thickness in patients with migraine. , Cephalalgia., 31(14): 2011,1452-8
Raser JM, Mullen MT, Kasner SE, Cucchiara BL, Messe SR. Cervical carotid artery dissection is associated with styloid process length. , Neurology., 77(23): 2011,2061-66
Cucchiara BL, Messe SR, Sansing L, MacKenzie L, Taylor RA, Pacelli J, Shah Q, Kasner SE Lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 and C-reactive protein for risk-stratification of patients with TIA. , Stroke, 40(7): 2009,2332-6
Cucchiara, BL, Kasner, SE, Tanne, D, Levine, SR, Demchuk, AM, Messe, S, Sansing, LH, Lyden, P Factors Associated With Post-Thrombolysis Intracerebral Hemorrhage-Pooled Analysis Of The SAINT-I And SAINT-II Trials. , Stroke, 40(4): 2009,E121