Leigh Kennedy, DO

Infectious Diseases, Travel Medicine

5.0 with 49 ratings

Sees patients age 18 and up

Leigh Kennedy, DO

Infectious Diseases, Travel Medicine

5.0 with 49 ratings

Sees patients age 18 and up

Chief, Section of Infectious Diseases, Pennsylvania Hospital
Co-chair, Antimicrobial Stewardship, Pennsylvania Hospital
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
Dr. Kennedy is a Penn Medicine physician.

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AIDS
Antiretroviral Salvage Therapy
Bone Infection (Osteomyelitis)
C. Difficile (Clostridium Difficile Diarrhea)
Cellulitis
Chickenpox (Varicella)
Fever of Unknown Origin
Flu (Influenza)
Flu Shot Vaccination
Fungemia
Genital Herpes, Male
Gonorrhea
Hepatitis A Vaccination
Hepatitis B Vaccination
Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV)
Histoplasmosis
HIV (AIDS Virus)
HIV Testing
HPV Vaccination
Japanese Encephalitis Vaccination
Joint Infection
Lymphogranuloma Venereum
Malaria
Meningitis Vaccination
Meningococcal Vaccine
Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA)
Methicillin Susceptible Staphylococcus Aureus
Mycoplasma
Pneumonia
Pneumonia Vaccination
Polio Vaccination
Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis
Prosthetic Joint Infection
Pyelonephritis
Rabies Vaccination
Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD)
Shingles (Herpes Zoster)
Shingles Vaccination
Staph Infection
Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis
Swollen Lymph Nodes
Syphilis
Tetanus Diphtheria and Pertussis Vaccine
Travel Medicine
Travel Vaccination
Travelers' Diarrhea
Tropical Medicine
Tuberculosis (TB)
Tuberculosis Testing
Typhoid Fever Vaccination
Varicella Vaccination
Wound Infection

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Programs and Centers

Penn Medicine's programs and centers combine doctors from many disciplines to coordinate care from start to finish. Dr. Kennedy is part of these programs:

Board Certification

Infectious Disease, 2008
Internal Medicine, 2005

Education and Training

Medical School: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine; Pennsylvania Hospital
Fellowship: George Washington University Medical Center

Primary Location

Penn Infectious Diseases and Travel Medicine

Pennsylvania Hospital
Garfield Duncan Building, Suite 1B
301 South 8th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106

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Penn Medicine Hospital Privileges

Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.

Overall Ratings

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Aetna US Healthcare
Centivo Health Plan
Cigna
Cigna HealthSpring
Clover Health Plan
Devon Health Services (Americare)
Gateway Health Plan
Geisinger Health Plan
Geisinger Medicaid
HealthAmerica / HealthAssurance, a Coventry Plan
HealthPartners
HealthPartners Medicare
HealthSmart
Highmark Blue Shield
Homestead Smart Health Plans/Claim Watcher
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey
Humana / Choicecare

Humana / Medicare
Imagine Health 360
Independence Blue Cross (Keystone East)
Keystone First
Keystone First Medicare
NJ Qualcare
Oscar Health Plan of PA
Oxford Health Plan
PA Health and Wellness (Centene) Medicare
PA Medicaid
PA Medicare
Rail Road Medicare / Palmetto GBA
Tricare
United Healthcare
UnitedHealthcare Community Plan
Veterans Choice Program

Selected Publications

Kim C, Szymack J, Schnellinger E, Herman D, Kennedy L, Talati N, Hamilton K: Survey to determine the relative importance of clinical factors used to make empiric antibiotic decisions Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 42 (1): 93-95,2021.

Kennedy LA, Gill JA, Schultz ME, Irmler M, Gordin FM: Inside-out: the changing epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 31 (9): 983-985,2010.

Kennedy LA, Gordin FM, Kan VL: Assessing targeted screening and low rates of HIV testing. The American Journal of Public Health 100 (9): 1765-1768,2010.

Academic Contact Information

Pennsylvania Hospital
301 S 8th Street, Suite 1B
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Phone: 215-829-5354
Patient appointments: 800-789-7366

Member, American Osteopathic Association, National
Member, Infectious Diseases Society Of America, National