Daniel Cristancho, MD, MBE
He/Him
Neurology
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Medical Director, Pennsylvania Hospital Primary Stroke Center
- Associate Program Director, Neurohospitalist Fellowship
- Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology
My education and training
- Medical School: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
- Residency: University of Pennsylvania Health System
- Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania Health System
Spoken languages
English
English
Español
Spanish
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)
- Amerihealth of NJ Core
- Amerihealth of NJ Enhanced
- Amerihealth of NJ HMO
- Amerihealth of NJ Local Value
- Amerihealth of NJ POS
- Amerihealth of NJ PPO
- Amerihealth of NJ Regional Preferred
- Amerihealth of NJ Secure
- Amerihealth of NJ Ultimate (PPO)
- 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
- 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.
- Lancaster General Hospital
- Princeton Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Chester County Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Doylestown Hospital: On the medical staff, but does not have privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- Psychiatry & Neurology, Vascular Neurology
- Neurology, 2020
- American Academy of Neurology, National
- American Heart Association/American Stroke Association, National
- Neurohospitalist Society, National
- Penn Stroke Program
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Xu D, Cristancho D, Price R Expanding the Inpatient General Neurology Consultation Service: An Initiative to Improve Care Delivery , American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting 2025: 2025
Hoey C, Stein LA, Schmitt C, Kumar M, Cucchiara B, Neuhaus-Booth E, Mealey R, Cristancho D Back to the Basics: Improving ICH Severity Score Compliance. , International Stroke Conference 2024: 2024
Stein LA, Pomeroy J, Spahr M, Scavicchio, K, Rothstein A, Tambe U, Blum C, Cristancho D, Yellareddigari M, Owens K, Sellers M, Hoey C What's Your Time Worth?: Improving Efficiency in Tracking Core Measures Compliance in Real Time , International Stroke Conference 2024: 2024
Stein LA, Pomeroy J, Spahr M, Scavicchio, K, Rothstein A, Tambe U, Blum C, Cristancho D, Yellareddigari M, Owens K, Sellers M, Hoey C Stroke Tracking: Improving Core Measure Compliance Tracking & Efficiency , International Stroke Conference 2024: 2024
D. Cristancho, L. Stein, C. Hoey, M. Sellers Streamlining Acute In-Hospital Stroke Evaluation by Transitioning to an Electronic Medical Record Order-Based Alerting Process , 11th Annual Neurohospitalist Society Meeting: 2023
Khazaal O, Cox M, Grodinsky E, Dawood J, Cristancho D, Atsina KB, Ji JB, Neuhaus Booth E, Ramchand P, Pukenas BA, Kung D, Hurst R, Choudhri O, Burkhardt JK, Kasner SE, and Favilla CG Highly Visible Wall Timer to Reduce Endovascular Treatment Time for Stroke , Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology, 2(6): 2022
Favilla CG, Ford AF, Khazaal O, Cristancho D, Grodinsky E, Dawod J, Kasner SE Reliability of Past Medical History in a Single Hospital Participating in Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Registry , Journal of the American Heart Association, 11(13): 2022
Khazaal O, Rothstein A, Husain MR, Broderick M, Cristancho D, Reyes-Esteves S, Khan F, Favilla CG, Messé SR, Mullen MT Dual-Antiplatelet Therapy May Not Be Associated With an Increased Risk of In-hospital Bleeding in Patients With Moderate or Severe Ischemic Stroke , Frontiers in Neurology: 2021
Daniel Cristancho, Raymond S. Price. 4 - Low Back Pain , Decision-Making in Adult Neurology: 2021,8-9, e2
Siegler JE, Olsen A, Rosenberg J, Cristancho D, Pulst-Korenberg J, Raab L, Woo JH, Messé SR. Mismatch between automated CTP and ASPECTS score in patients with anterior large vessel occlusion. , Clin Neurol Neurosurg., 194: 2020,105797