About Jenny Linnoila, MD, PhD
Dr. Linnoila received a BS in computer science from the University of Chicago. She then completed the MD/PhD program at the University of Pittsburgh after a year of study at Cambridge University (in the UK). She did her internship in internal medicine at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh. She completed her neurology residency in the Mass General Brigham combined Massachusetts General and Brigham and Women's Hospitals program in 2014. This past year, she completed a fellowship in Autoimmune Neurology at the Mayo Clinic. While in residency, she was awarded an R25 grant for neuroimmunology research from NINDS/NIH. She will be completing the R25 this year.
Clinically, Dr. Linnoila is establishing an autoimmune neurology practice and she welcomes autoimmune and/or paraneoplastic patient referrals. Dr. Linnoila's research interests lie in better understanding the interaction between the immune and nervous systems. In particular, she is interested in the intersection between infectious and autoimmune neurology.
Clinical Interests:
- Autoimmune neurologic conditions
- Inflammatory disorders of the nervous system
- Paraneoplastic disorders
Treats:
- Adult
Languages:
- Finnish
Locations
Mass General Neurology
55 Fruit St.
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 855-644-6387
Medical Education
- MD, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
- Residency, Brigham and Women's Hospital
- Residency, Brigham and Women's/Massachusetts General Hospital
- Fellowship, Mayo Clinic
American Board Certifications
- Neurology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Accepted Insurance Plans
- Aetna Health Inc.
- Beech Street
- Blue Cross Blue Shield - Blue Care 65
- Blue Cross Blue Shield - Indemnity
- Blue Cross Blue Shield - Managed Care
- Blue Cross Blue Shield - Partners Plus
- BMC HealthNet Mass Health MCO/ACO
- Centene/Celticare
- Cigna (PAL #'s)
- Commonwealth Care Alliance
- Fallon Community HealthCare
- Great-West Healthcare (formally One Health Plan)
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Plan - ACD
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Plan - PBO
- Health Care Value Management (HCVM)
- Humana/Choice Care PPO
- Maine Community Health Options (MCHO)
- Mass General Brigham Health Plan - ACD
- Mass General Brigham Health Plan - PBO
- MassHealth
- Medicare
- Medicare - ACD
- Medicare ACO - ACD
- Medicare ACO - PBO
- OSW - Maine
- OSW - New Hampshire
- OSW - Rhode Island
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS)
- Railroad Medicare
- Railroad Medicare - ACD
- Senior Whole Health
- TriCare
- Tufts Health Plan
- Unicare
- United Healthcare (non-HMO) - ACD
- United Healthcare (non-HMO) - PBO
Note: This provider may accept more insurance plans than shown; please call the practice to find out if your plan is accepted.
Research
Dr. Linnoila's research interests lie in better understanding the interaction between the immune and nervous systems. In particular, she is interested in the intersection between infectious and autoimmune neurology. She is currently working on establishing a rodent model of autoimmune encephalitis.