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Vinay Puri

Vinay Puri, MD

Pediatric Neurology

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Highlights

Age Groups Seen

  • Pediatrics
  • Teenagers

Languages

  • English

Gender

Male

About Vinay Puri

Academic Title

Professor of Pediatrics

Biography/ Philosophy of Care

Dr. Vinay Puri is a professor of Neurology and Pediatrics at the University of Louisville. He has been on the faculty at the University of Louisville since 1997 and is the Division Chief for Child Neurology and the Neurologist in Chief at Norton Children’s Hospital. Dr. Puri is a funded researcher and is the Principle Investigator for multiple clinical trials. He is a member of the American Academy of Neurology, Child Neurology Society, Professors of Child Neurology, Kentucky Medical Society, Commonwealth Neurological Society and the Society of Child Neurology. He is well recognized for his commitment to education and the community.

Recognition

Publications:

Abby Baumgartle; Laura Wolfe, APRN; Vinay Puri, MD; Karen Moerller, MD; July 2017 Salvatore Bertolone, MD and Ashok Raj, MD Middle Cerebral Artery Strol as Amusement Park Injury: Care Report and Review of the Literature Children

Salvatore Bertolone, MD; Raj Ashok, MD; Ryan Eid, MD; Darren Farber, DO; and Vinay Puri, MD, Spinal Cord Infarction in Hemoglobin SC Disease as an Amusement Park Accident
Pediatrics. 2016 Sept; 183(3)

Chopade T, Barton C, Puri V, October 2016, Status Dystonicus in Newly Diagnosed Dystonia Secondary to Intrathecal Methotrexate-Induced Leukoencephalopathy, 45th Annual Meeting of the Child Neurology Society, Vancouver Convention Center, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Barton C, Evans R, Puri V, October 2016, Facial nerve palsy as the presenting symptoms of leptomeningeal carcinomatosis resulting from malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor, 45th Annual Meeting of the Child Neurology Society, Vancouver Convention Center, Vancouver, BC, Canada


Clinical Interests/Research

Clinical Interests:

General Child Neurology, Cerebral Palsy, Complex Neurological Disorders, Stroke, PANS, PANDAS, POTS, Neuromuscular Disorders, TS/NF

Research Interests:

Epilepsy and Seizure Disorders, Cerebral Palsy, Stroke, Migraine, Tourettes

Video

Locations

  1. Norton Children's Neuroscience Institute
    • phone: 270-769-1935
    • fax: 502-588-7852
  2. Norton Children's Neuroscience Institute
    • 1000 Breckenridge Street, Suite 301, Owensboro, KY 42303
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    • phone: 502-588-3650
    • fax: 502-588-7852
  3. Norton Children's Neuroscience Institute
    • phone: 502-588-3650
    • fax: 502-413-3759
  4. Norton Children's Neuroscience Institute
    • phone: 502-588-3650
    • fax: 502-588-7852
  5. Norton Children's Neuroscience Institute
    • phone: 502-588-3650
    • fax: 502-588-7852

Expertise

Education

  • Fellowship: Barnes-Jewish Hospital/Washington University, Child Neurology, 1995
  • Residency: Henry Ford Hospital, Pediatrics, 1992
  • Internship: St Joseph Mercy Health System, Pediatrics, 1991
  • Medical Education: Manipal Academy of Higher Education (Deemed University) Kasturba Medical College, Bachelor of Medicine/Surgery, 1990

Board Certifications

  • Neurodevelopmental Disabilities: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 2007
  • Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 1997

Insurance

Search plans
  • Aetna
  • Aetna Better Health
  • Aetna Medicare Advantage
  • Ambetter from MHS
  • Ambetter from WellCare of Kentucky
  • Anthem
  • Anthem Indiana Medicaid
  • Anthem MediBlue HMO/PPO
  • Anthem Pathway
  • Anthem Pathway Transition
  • CareSource Indiana Medicaid
  • CareSource Marketplace Kentucky and Indiana
  • Cigna
  • CorVel
  • Coventry
  • Encore
  • Essence
  • First Health Group Corp. (First Health)
  • HealthSmart
  • Hosparus
  • Humana Medicaid
  • Humana Medicare
  • Indiana Health Network
  • Indiana Medicaid
  • Indiana Medicare
  • Kentucky Medicaid
  • Kentucky Medicare
  • MDwise
  • MHS
  • Molina Healthcare
  • MultiPlan
  • Passport Health Plan Kentucky MCO
  • Passport Marketplace
  • Provider Net/OMCA
  • Sagamore
  • Signature Advantage
  • SIHO
  • TRICARE Humana Military
  • United Healthcare
  • United Healthcare Community Plan Indiana and Kentucky
  • United Healthcare Medicare Advantage
  • UofL Health – Frazier Rehabilitation Institute
  • Veterans Affairs (VA)
  • WellCare
  • WellCare Medicare
  • WellCare of Kentucky Medicaid (Kentucky MCO)
  • Wellpath
  • Workers’ Compensation