Praetsch, Ashley J NP

Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates was formed by merger of the Harvard Community Health Plan and Harvard Pilgrim. It offers various services, such as andrology, bone density, central registration, contact lens, endoscopy, mammography, magnetic resonance imaging, ultrasound, nutrition and pharmacy. It also offers cosmetic and developmental consultation services, and has an educational assessment center and laboratory. Its specialty care offers more than 35 medical and surgical specialties to meet health care needs. Its care for women facility offers complete health services for every stage of a woman's life, including obstetrics and gynecology, family planning and reproductive endocrinology, and menopause management and hormone replacement therapies. It offers urgent care appointments during the evenings and weekends. Its nurses are available 24 hours a day to help with urgent medical questions and provide clinical advice over the phone. Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates is located in Cambridge, Mass., and has other locations in Boston, Burlington, Braintree, Concord and Chelmsford, Mass.

Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates is a nonprofit multispecialty medical group practice, headquartered in Boston and with more than 10 locations in and around Greater Boston. Established in 1997, it is also a major teaching affiliate of the Harvard Medical School and many of its physicians are involved in teaching the Harvard Medical School students and residents. It employs a team approach to health care and offers a wide array of physicians and other health care professionals. The patient s primary care physician works with a team of nurse practitioners, physician assistants and others, to handle regular checkups, coordinate specialty care and look after overall health. It offers more than 35 medical and surgical specialties, including audiology, behavioral health, cardiology, pediatrics, dermatology, endocrinology, orthopedics, genetics, podiatry, pulmonology, maxillofacial surgery and rheumatology and gastroenterology. Its other specialties are hematology, oncology, infectious diseases, internal medicine, nephrology, neurology, obstetrics and gynecology, ophthalmology and urology.