- Hereditary spastic paraplegia
- Leukodystrophy
- Leukoencephalopathy
- Multiple sclerosis
- White matter disease
Jennifer L. Orthmann Murphy, MD, PhD
Neurology
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Neuroscience Center - Neurology
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
Reviews
123 reviews
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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
- 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
- Devoted Health Choice Giveback Pennsylvania (PPO)
- Devoted Health Choice Pennsylvania (PPO)
- Devoted Health Choice Plus Pennsylvania (PPO)
- Devoted Health Core Pennsylvania (HMO)
- Devoted Health Dual Plus Pennsylvania (HMO D-SNP)
- Devoted Health Giveback Pennsylvania (HMO)
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
- Neurology, 2014
- Adult Polyglucosan Body Disease Research Foundation, International
- American Academy of Neurology, National
- American Neurological Association, National
- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE-CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED MEDICAL RESEARCH PROGRAMS, National
- DSMB for the trial "The use of technology to improve MS clinical, National
- Gliadelphia, Local
- International Women in Multiple Sclerosis, International
- Medical and Scientific Advisory Council, International
- Million Dollar Bike Ride, Penn Medicine Orphan Disease Center, International
- MS Australia, International
- National Multiple Sclerosis Society, National
- Society for Neuroscience, National
- UK MS Society, International
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
Laura A Adang, Joshua L Bonkowsky, Jaap Jan Boelens, Eric Mallack, Rebecca Ahrens-Nicklas, John A Bernat, Annette Bley, Barbara Burton, Alejandra Darling, Florian Eichler, Erik Eklund, Lisa Emrick, Maria Escolar, Ali Fatemi, Jamie L Fraser, Amy Gaviglio, Stephanie Keller, Marc C Patterson, Paul Orchard, Jennifer Orthmann-Murphy, Jonathan D Santoro, Ludger Schöls, Caroline Sevin, Isha N Srivastava, Deepa Rajan, Jennifer P Rubin, Keith Van Haren, Melissa Wasserstein, Ayelet Zerem, Francesca Fumagalli, Lucia Laugwitz, Adeline Vanderver Consensus guidelines for the monitoring and management of metachromatic leukodystrophy in the United States , Cytotherapy, 26 (7): 2024,739-748
Anjana Sevagamoorthy, Adeline Vanderver, Jamie L. Fraser, and Jennifer Orthmann-Murphy Glial Origins of Inherited White Matter Disorders , Additional Perspectives on Glia in Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol: 2025
Aaron Baldwin, Juliette Copeland, Meron Azage, Laynie Dratch, Kelsey Johnson, Rachel A Paul, Defne A Amado, Michael Baer, Andres Deik, Lauren B Elman, Michael Guo, Ali G Hamedani, David J Irwin, Aaron Lasker, Jennifer Orthmann-Murphy, Colin C Quinn, Thomas F Tropea, Steven S Scherer, Russell T Shinohara, Roy H Hamilton, Colin A Ellis Disparities in genetic testing for neurologic disorders , Neurology, 102 (6): 2024,https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.000000000020916
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 : 2024
Rebecca L. Koch, Claudia Soler-Alfonso, Bridget T. Kiely, Akihiro Asai, Ariana L. Smith, Deeksha S. Bali, Peter B. Kang, Andrew P. Landstrom, H. Orhan Akman, T. Andrew Burrow, Jennifer L. Orthmann-Murphy, Deberah S. Goldman, Surekha Pendyal, Areeg H. El-Gharbawy, Stephanie L. Austin, Laura E. Case, Raphael Schiffmann, Michio Hirano, and Priya S. Kishnani Diagnosis and management of glycogen storage disease type IV, including adult polyglucosan body disease: A clinical practice resource , Molecular Genetics and Metabolism: 2023
Helman G, Orthmann-Murphy JL, Vanderver A Approaches to diagnosis for individuals with a suspected inherited white matter disorder , Handb Clin Neurol: 2024
Jones FJ, Elser H, Mendez A, Fraser JL, Orthmann-Murphy J. Neuroimage: Leukoencephalopathy With Calcifications and Cysts , Neurology: 2024
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: 2022,https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2021.788168