- Chronic disease management
- Preventive health
- Wellness examination
Christine Elaine Schultheiss, MD
she/her
Family Medicine
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Family Care
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Assistant Professor of Clinical Family Medicine and Community Health
My education and training
- Medical School: Drexel University College of Medicine
- Residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
- Fellowship: West Suburban Medical Center
Spoken languages
English
English
Reviews
201 reviews
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Insurance accepted
Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.
- Aetna Advantra Cares D-SNP
- Aetna Advantra Credit Value
- Aetna Advantra Eagle HMO
- Aetna Advantra Eagle POS
- Aetna Advantra Premier Plus PPO
- Aetna Advantra Value
- Aetna Advantra Value Plus
- Aetna APCN Plus (Multi-Tier)
- Aetna Better Health Kids (CHIP) - DH Only
- Aetna Flexible Five
- Aetna Freedom Core
- Aetna Gold
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Philly Prime
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO APCN
- Aetna Premier
- Aetna Premier Plus
- Aetna Savings Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- Aetna Student Health Plan PPO
- Aetna Upfront Advantage
- First Health HMO
- First Health POS
- First Health PPO
- Meritain - Aramark (Other)
- Meritain - Aramark (Pennsylvania Premier Medical Plan)
- Centivo EPO
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
- Cigna Healthcare HMO
- Cigna Healthcare POS
- Cigna Healthcare PPO
- Claim Watcher (Homestead/ INDECs) Open Access
- Clover Health Choice
- Clover Health Choice Value PPO
- Clover Health Classic HMO
- Clover Health Value
- Devoted Health Choice Giveback Pennsylvania (PPO)
- Devoted Health Choice Pennsylvania (PPO)
- Devoted Health Choice Plus Pennsylvania (PPO)
- Devoted Health Core Pennsylvania (HMO)
- Devoted Health Dual Plus Pennsylvania (HMO D-SNP)
- Devoted Health Giveback Pennsylvania (HMO)
Locations
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- Family Medicine, 2019
- AAFP, National
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
CE Schultheiss "Birth" , Family Medicine: 2019,693
Allison Johnson, Nayeli Spahr, Ayiti-Carmel Maharaj-Best, Christine Schultheiss, Bonnie Higgins-Esplund, Judy Chertok: “A Model of Patient Care and Service Learning: Breastfeeding Support Through Physician-Lactation Consultant Co-Led Group Visits” Poster Presentation Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Annual Spring Conference, Washington, DC May 2018 , Poster Presentation : 2018
LA Volpicelli-Daley, KL Gamble, CE Schultheiss, DM Riddle, AB West VM Lee “Formation of a-sunuclein Lewy neurite-like aggregates in axons impedes the transport of distinct endosomes.” , Molecular Biology of the Cell : 2014
SA Tanik, CE Schultheiss, LA Volpicelli-Daley, KR Brunden, VM Lee “Lewy body-like a-synuclein aggregates resist degradation and impair macroautophagy.” , Journal of Biological Chemistry , 288(21): 2013
CE Schultheiss “The Ethics of Non-Therapeutic Neonatal Male Circumcision” , Penn Bioethics Journal : 2010