- Chronic disease management
- Gender affirming health care
- LGBTQ+ primary care
- Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)
- Preventive health
- Wellness examination
Kristine Pamela Garcia, MD, AAHIVS
Family Medicine
LGBTQ+ affirming provider
Additional provider information
Sees patients of all ages
Penn Family Care
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Director, Refugee and Immigrant Health, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health
- Associate Professor of Clinical Family Medicine and Community Health
My education and training
- Medical School: Drexel University College of Medicine
- Residency: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Spoken languages
English
English
Tagalog
Tagalog
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)
- 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
- Preventive Medicine, Addiction Medicine
- Family Medicine, 2015
- Preventive Medicine - Addiction, 2023
- HIV Specialist (AAHIVS), 2018
- Alpha Omega Alpha, National
- American Academy of Family Physicians, National
- American Academy of HIV Medicine, National
- Pennsylvania Academy of Family Physicians, Local
- Society of Refugee Healthcare Providers, International
- Penn LGBTQ Health Program
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Lowenstein, Margaret & Abrams, Matthew & Crowe, Molly & Shimamoto, Kelsey & Mazzella, Silvana & Botcheos, Denise & Bertocchi, Jennifer & Westfahl, Shawn & Chertok, Judy & Garcia, Kristine & Truchil, Rachael & Holliday-Davis, M & Aronowitz, Shoshana “Come Try It Out. Get Your Foot in the Door:” Exploring Patient Perspectives on Low-Barrier Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder , Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 248: 2023,109915
Komal S. Soin MD, MPH; Kathryn Beldowski MD; Elizabeth Bates MD;, Kristine Pamela Garcia MD; Sapna Naik MD; Ellen Plumb MD; Rickie Brawer PhD, MPH, MCHES; Abbie Santana MSPH; and Marc Altshuler MD Attitudes Towards Family Planning among Bhutanese, Burmese, and Iraqi Refugee Women: A Qualitative Study , Hawai'i Journal of Health & Social Welfare, 79(6): 2020,71
Gomes Sheldon, Altafi Sohail, Garcia Kristine M, Emery Christopher L, Hamilton Richard, Brooks Ari D, Joshi Suresh G Occurrence of and risk factors for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus at a teaching hospital in Philadelphia. , American Journal of infection control, 40(4): 2012,381-3