Christopher Edwards, MD
he/him/his
Emergency Medicine
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Emergency Medicine Penn Presbyterian
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Chief, Emergency Medicine, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
- Vice Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine
- Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
My education and training
- Medical School: University of Illinois College of Medicine Rockford
- Residency: University of Pennsylvania Health System
Spoken languages
English
English
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)
- Americhealth Caritas of PA VIP - LGH Only
- Amerihealth Caritas (Transplant patients only)
- Amerihealth Caritas of PA - LGH Only
- 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
Locations
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- Preventative Medicine, Clinical Informatics
- Emergency Medicine, 2004
- ACEP Emergency Medicine Informatics Section, National
- American College of Emergency Physicians, National
- American College of Emergency Physicians-Pennsylvania State Chapter, Local
- American College of Healthcare Executives, National
- HIMSS, Delaware Valley, National
- Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, National
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Shoff W, Edwards C, Behrman A, Shepherd S Pyelonephritis, Acute , Emedicine Journal (www.emedicine.com), 2(5): 2001