Susan R. Ballinger, MD
Pediatric Rheumatology
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Biography
Dr. Susan R. Ballinger earned her medical degree at New Jersey Medical School. She then completed an internship, residency, and fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine and a fellowship at Washington University School of Medicine.
Dr. Ballinger currently has a rating of 4.8 stars out of 5 with over 50 ratings. Patients say that she is engaged, confident, and responsive.
Dr. Ballinger's primary location is Riley Pediatric Rheumatology, 211 North Eddy St, South Bend, IN 46617. She also sees patients at an office in Indianapolis.
Insurance
Insurance plans accepted by this provider are below.
- Aetna Medicare Advantage
- Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Anthem Healthy Indiana Plan
- Anthem Hoosier Care Connect
- Anthem Hoosier Healthwise
- Anthem Indiana PathWays for Aging
- Anthem Medicare Advantage HMO
- Anthem Medicare Advantage PPO
- Anthem Pathway Essentials Network
- CareSource Healthy Indiana Plan
- CareSource Hoosier Healthwise
- CareSource Marketplace
- Cigna HealthCare HMO
- Cigna HealthCare PPO
- Cigna Marketplace
Community Health Alliance
- Community Health Network Employee Plan
Coventry/First Health
Deaconess OneCare
- Encore Combined
- Encore Elite
- Encore Workers Compensation
- Health Alliance Medicare Advantage
- Humana Healthy Horizons Indiana PathWays for Aging
- Humana Medicare Advantage HMO
- Humana Medicare Advantage PFFS
- Humana Medicare Advantage PPO
- Indiana University Workers Compensation
- Indiana University Health Workers Compensation
Lutheran Preferred/Three Rivers Preferred
- Managed Health Services Healthy Indiana Plan
- Managed Health Services Hoosier Care Connect
- Managed Health Services Hoosier Healthwise
- Managed Health Services Marketplace
- Managed Health Services Medicare Advantage (Allwell)
MultiPlan/PHCS
Parkview Signature Care PPO (Excludes Allen County)
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana (PHP) (Allen County)
- Point Comfort Unaccompanied Children Program
Sagamore Health Network
Select Health
Suburban Health Organization (SHO)
- United HealthCare Community Plan Indiana PathWays for Aging
- United HealthCare Hoosier Care Connect
- United HealthCare Marketplace
- United HealthCare Medicare Advantage D-SNP
- United HealthCare Medicare Advantage HMO
- United HealthCare Medicare Advantage POS
- United HealthCare Medicare Advantage PPO
VA Community Care Network
- Zing Health Medicare Advantage C-SNP
- Zing Health Medicare Advantage D-SNP
- Zing Health Medicare Advantage HMO
- Zing Health Medicare Advantage POS
- Zing Health Medicare Advantage PPO
Note: Although this listing was accurate at the time of posting, insurances change regularly, and insurance plans listed may not be accepted at all office locations for this provider. Please confirm with your insurance company that this provider is covered by your plan before your appointment.
Locations
Specialties & Details
Specialties:
Pediatric Rheumatology
Conditions & Treatments:
Advanced Biologic Medication, Anti-rheumatic medication counseling, Antibody Tests for Lupus, Antirheumatics, Bisphosphonates, Bone Loss Medicines, Chemotherapy Treatment for Severe Disease, Complement Test for Lupus, Comprehensive Evaluation and Management with Rheumatic or Inflammatory Conditions, Detailed Musculoskeletal Exam, Diagnostic Arthorocentesis, Disease Mangaement Counseling, DMARDs, Education Regarding Medication Administration, Infusion Service for Intravenous Medications, Interventional Radiology for Tests and Procedures that Require Sedation, Laboratory Evaluation, Laboratory Monitoring for Safety and Efficacy, Medication Prescription and Monitoring, Physical and Occupational Therapy Referrals, Ankle Arthritis, Antiphospholipid Syndrome, Arthritis, Arthritis Pain, Autoimmune and Rheumatic Conditions, Autoinflammatory Diseases, Behcet Disease, Blau Disease, CANDLE Syndrome, Childhood Nonbacterial Osteomyelitis, Childhood Sclerodermas, Childhood Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, DADA2, DIRA, DITRA, Eosinophilic Granulomatosus with Polyangiitis (EGPA), Familial Cold Autoinflammatory Syndrome (FCAS), Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF), Foot Arthritis, Glomerulonephritis, Gout, Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (GPA), Hand Arthritis, Hashimoto's Thyroiditis, Henoch Schonlein Purpura, Hyper IgD Syndrome (HIDS), Idiopathic Uveitis, Juvenile ankylosing Spondylitis, Juvenile Dermatomyositis, Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis, Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis, Enthesitis-Related Arthritis Type, Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis, Oligoarticular Type, Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis, Polyarticular Type, Juvenile Lupus Cerebritis, Juvenile Lupus Nephritis, Juvenile Mixed Connective Tissue Disease, Kawasaki Disease, Knee Arthritis, Low Back Arthritis, Lupus, Lyme Disease, Microscopic polyarteritis nodosa (MPA), Mixed Connective Tissue Disease, Muckle-Wells syndrome, Neonatal Onset Multisystem Inflammatory Disease (NOMID), PAPA, Periodic Fever, Adenitis, Pharyngitis, Aphthous Ulcers (PFAPA), Polyarteritis Nodosa (PAN), Polymyositis, Post-Streptococcal Arthritis, Primary Angiitis of the Central Nervous System, Psoriatic Arthritis, Raynaud Disease, Reactive Arthritis, Reiter Syndrome, Rheumatic Fever, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Sarcoidosis, SAVI, Shoulder Arthritis, Sjögren's Syndrome, Spondyloarthropathies, Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (Still's Disease), TNF-Receptor Associated Periodic Fever Syndrome (TRAPS), Transient Synovitis, Uveitis in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis, Vasculitis
Education
School of Medicine:
New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ
Internship:
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Residency:
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Fellowship:
Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO
Fellowship:
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Hospitals & Affiliations
Hospital Privileges:
IU Health Methodist/IU Health University, IU Health North, Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health
Physician Group:
Riley Physicians, IU Health Medical Group
Research
Research Publications
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