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Homelessness can impact both physical and mental health, and make accessing medical care difficult. As a result, people experiencing homelessness often face higher rates of poor health outcomes than people with housing.Which leads us to the next question in our Toughest Questions in Health Care series: How can health care impact homelessness? Dr. Ben Golden, Program Director for the ChristianaCare Medical Respite Program at the New Castle County Hope Center, and Dr. Ashley Panichelli, Clinical Director for ChristianaCare Complex Primary Care share details on the difficulties that arise in providing care for patients experiencing homelessness, steps that ChristianaCare is taking to counter those issues, and their hopes for the future in this field of care.Dr. Ben Golden, M.D., completed his medical training at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, IL where he took an interest in healthcare disparities and care for patients experiencing homelessness. As Program Director for the ChristianaCare Medical Respite Program at the New Castle County Hope Center, he provides complex primary care for the residents of the facility. Dr. Golden also continues to practice Emergency Medicine at all of Christiana’s sites.Dr. Ashley Panichelli, M.D., the clinical director of Complex Primary Care and Community Medicine at ChristianaCare. Dr Panichelli is passionate about teaching, mentoring, and program development, and routinely speaks to the news media about family medicine and the importance of vaccinations. Dr Panichelli’s specific interests include inpatient medicine and safe transitions of care, residency quality and safety, Just Culture, women’s health, and resident simulation curriculums.LinksChristianaCare News - ChristianaCare Rolls Out New Mobile Health Services Vans Supported by BarclaysChristianaCare News - ChristianaCare Talks Community Health With Wilmington, State OfficialsChristianaCare Mobile Health ServicesNew Castle County Hope CenterFriendship HouseFood Bank of DelawareThanks for listening and subscribing! Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn.

The Toughest Questions in Health Care: How Can Health Care Impact Homelessness? with Dr. Ben Golden and Dr. Ashley Panichelli

Dr. Ashley Panichelli is the assistant clinical director of Complex Primary Care and Community Medicine at ChristianaCare. Dr. Panichelli routinely speaks to the news media about family medicine and the importance of vaccinations.

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Assistant Clinical Director of Complex Primary Care and Community Medicine

  Ashley Panichelli, M.D., has been appointed vice chair of the Department of Family and Community Medicine at ChristianaCare.

In this role, Panichelli will support the department’s clinical and academic missions.  She will help guide quality and safety initiatives and promote a culture of accountability, learning and psychological safety. She will advance education and professional development across faculty and residency programs, assist with strategic planning, mentorship and peer review, and strengthen collaboration across department leadership, faculty and staff.

A Delaware native, Panichelli earned her medical degree from Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University and completed her residency and chief residency in Family Medicine at ChristianaCare in 2018. She joined the residency program’s core faculty that same year and has since held several leadership roles, including clinical lead and associate program director. In 2022, she was named clinical director of Academic and Complex Primary Care, a role she continues to support.

Panichelli is a clinical assistant professor at Sidney Kimmel Medical College and has been recognized with several honors, including the Delaware Academy of Family Physicians’ Teacher of the Year award and the Department’s Rising Star award. She completed ChristianaCare’s ACT course, the LEED-R elective, and the Harvard Medical Director Leadership Institute. She was an Emerging Leaders Institute scholar with the American Academy of Family Physicians Foundation.

She reports to Erin Kavanaugh, M.D., FAAFP, chair of the Department of Family and Community Medicine.


ChristianaCare Appoints Ashley Panichelli, M.D., Vice Chair, Department of Family and Community Medicine

Homelessness can impact both physical and mental health, and make accessing medical care difficult. As a result, people experiencing homelessness often face higher rates of poor health outcomes than people with housing.

Which leads us to the next question in our Toughest Questions in Health Care series: How can health care impact homelessness? Dr. Ben Golden, Program Director for the ChristianaCare Medical Respite Program at the New Castle County Hope Center, and Dr. Ashley Panichelli, Clinical Director for ChristianaCare Complex Primary Care share details on the difficulties that arise in providing care for patients experiencing homelessness, steps that ChristianaCare is taking to counter those issues, and their hopes for the future in this field of care.

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