- Dr. Sylvia M Purugganan, MD
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Dr. Sylvia M Purugganan, MD
Geriatric Psychiatry
- Connecticut, Bridgeport
Overview
Dr. Sylvia M Purugganan, MD works in Bridgeport, Connecticut is a specialist in Geriatric Psychiatry, Psychiatry and graduated Boston University Med Center in 1983. Dr. Purugganan is affiliated with Bridgeport Hospital and practicing for 44 years
Specialties
- Geriatric Psychiatry
- Psychiatry
Conditions
• Anal Warts• Angina
• Antisocial Personality Disorder
• Anxiety
• Arterial Occlusive Disease
• Back Strain
• Bacterial Infections
• Behavior Management
• Bronchial Thermoplasty
• Bunionette Correction
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• Cerebral Palsy Surgery
• Chronic Prostatitis
• Colloid Cyst of Third Ventricle
• Continuous Glucose Monitoring
• Degenerative Spine Diseases
• Donor Sperm Collection
• Drug and Alcohol Dependence
• Extremity Ultrasound
• Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE) Hair Transplant
• Foot Pain
• Heart Failure Management
• Hypersensitivity Vasculitis
• Hypotrichosis
• Immunodeficiency - Gonadal Dysgenesis - Pulmonary Fibrosis
• Leakage of Urine
• Lesion
• Lung Granuloma
• Metatarsal Surgery
• Minimally Invasive Thymectomy
• Mixed Asthma
• Muscular Dystrophy, Limb-Girdle, Autosomal Recessive, Type 2H
• Nipple Fissure
• Portacaval Shunt
• Premature Birth
• Prenatal Classes
• Prostate Surgery
• Refractory Epilepsy
• Renal Parenchymal Disease
• Resection of Pelvic Adhesion
• Rheumatoid Vasculitis
• Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery, Laparoscopic
• Shoulder, Elbow, Hand, and Wrist Joint Reconstruction
• Skin Cancer Surgery With Reconstruction
• Solar Urticaria
• Spinal Internal Fixation
• Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Type I
• Thyroid Eye Disease
• Vaginismus
• Varices
• Worker's Compensation
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Procedures
• Adjustment Disorder• Alcohol-Induced Mental Disorders
• Alcoholism (Alcohol Dependence)
• Amphetamine and Other Psychostimulant Dependence
• Anorexia
• Antisocial Personality Disorder
• Anxiety
• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
• Bipolar Disorder
• Borderline Personality Disorder
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• Bulimia
• Cocaine Addiction
• Combination Drug Dependence
• Delusional Disorder
• Depersonalization Disorder
• Developmental and Learning Disorders
• Dissociative, Conversion, and Factitious Disorders
• Drug and Alcohol Dependence
• Drug-Induced Mental Disorders
• Dysthymia and Cyclothymia (Mood Disorders)
• Eating Disorders
• Emotional Disturbances of Childhood and Adolescence
• Homicidal Ideation
• Impulse Control Disorders
• Major Depressive Disorder
• Marijuana Addiction
• Narcissistic Personality Disorder
• Nondependent Alcohol Abuse
• Nondependent Cocaine Abuse
• Nondependent Drug and Alcohol Abuse
• Nondependent Hallucinogen Abuse
• Nondependent Marijuana Abuse
• Nondependent Opioid Abuse
• Nondependent Sedative, Hypnotic, or Anxiolytic Abuse
• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
• Opioid Dependence
• Other Psychiatric Medication Therapy (Inpatient Only)
• Paranoid Personality Disorder
• Personality Disorders
• Phobia
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
• Psychogenic Disorders (incl. Psychogenic Pain)
• Psychosis Due to Mental Illness
• Schizoid and Schizotypal Personality Disorder
• Schizophrenia
• Schizophreniform and Schizoaffective Disorder
• Sedative, Hypnotic, or Anxiolytic Dependence
• Sexual Disorders and Gender Identity Disorders
• Somatoform Disorders
• Suicidal Ideation
• Tobacco Use Disorder
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Board Certifications
- Board Certified by the American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology
Years Since Graduation
- 44
Education & Training
Residency Hospital
Boston University Med Center
Boston, MA, USA
Year completed: 1983
Boston, MA, USA
Year completed: 1983
Medical School
Boston University School Of Medicine
Boston, MA, United States
Graduated: 1979
Boston, MA, United States
Graduated: 1979
Internship Hospital
Carney Hospital
Year completed: 1980
Year completed: 1980
Awards
1 Association Pennsylvania
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Office Locations
Primary location
Office Address
226 Mill Hill Avenue
Connecticut (CT)
Bridgeport
6610
Phone:(203) 384-3873
Accepting New Patients
- Yes
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Insurances Accepted (check insurance plans)
- Capital District Physician's Health Plan (CDPHP)
- Capital District Physician's Health Plan (CDPHP) HMO
- Cigna
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna PPO
- Freedom Plan
- Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
- MagnaCare
- MagnaCare PPO
- Open Access Plus
- Oxford Health Plans
- Oxford Liberty
- UnitedHealthCare
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Affiliated Hospitals
Bridgeport Hospital
267 Grant Street
Connecticut CT,
Bridgeport,
6610
Bridgeport Hospital is a hospital located in Bridgeport, CT. Procedures/Diagnosis costs are at the state average in 8 of 14 procedures. Length of Stay is shorter than the state average in 2 of 14 procedures.
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