About
Heritage Internal Medicine PC
Deanna DeRusso MD
Full Internal Medicine
Full Dermatological Care
Primary Care for the Family
Vanderbilt and Georgetown Alumna
About Deanna DeRusso MD:
Professionally…
Dr. Deanna DeRusso is an Internal Medicine physician specializing in adult and adolescent medicine with special focus and training on the prevention and treatment of complex diseases.
As a physician of Internal Medicine (or Internist), she is specifically trained in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases, and often called upon as a consultant to other physicians to help solve difficult or puzzling illnesses.
As an Internist, she treats simple as well as highly complex medical problems. She handles situations where several different and complicated illnesses may present concurrently. She also heavily focuses on wellness, that is, disease prevention and the promotion of general and specialty health issues. This includes: mental health, women’s health, men’s health, dermatological health, wound care management, laceration repair, abscess/infection care. She specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of numerous problems associated with most every organ system of the body.
Caring for the whole patient for life is the goal. Dr. DeRusso provides complete primary care to the total patient.
Personally…
Dr. DeRusso graduated Magna Cum Laude from Vanderbilt University after achieving Valedictorian of her high school class in Iowa, where she grew up. Following her medical school studies at Drexel University in Philadelphia, she did her internship and Internal Medicine residency at Georgetown University Hospital Center, during which time she underwent intensive training in Dermatology at a number of institutions to include Walter Reed Hospital and AFIP, the University of Florida Shands Hospital, and John Hopkins University Hospital.
Dr. DeRusso has over 18 years of experience in the practice of medicine. Her first three years, after her training at Georgetown, were spent in a large Internal Medicine practice in Northern Virginia. She subsequently moved to the Historic District in the Town of Leesburg where she practices and resides with her family in the community which she serves.
Dr. DeRusso continues a family tradition in medicine. Her father is a retired cardiovascular surgeon and her brother currently practices Internal Medicine in Philadelphia. She continues her strong interest and involvement in medical research. She supports/volunteers with various non-profit/charitable organizations inside and outside her local community. She maintains an active lifestyle which includes gardening, running, and fitness training.
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Our Loyalties are to the Patient…
Not an Insurance Company.
Heritage Internal Medicine PC – Deanna DeRusso MD
116-A Edwards Ferry Rd Leesburg, Va 20176
(703) 771-7377
