Penn Medicine Provider
Family Medicine
Rachel E. Kishton, MD
4.9
(74)
Accepting new patients
Sees patients of all ages
Penn Family Care
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About me

  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Family Medicine and Community Health
  • Assistant Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health in Psychiatry

Education and training

  • Medical School: University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine
  • Residency: The Christ Hospital
  • Residency: University of Cincinnati Medical Center

What my patients think about me

Average Rating
4.9

74 reviews

Comments are submitted by patients and reflect their views and opinions. The comments are not endorsed by and do not necessarily reflect the views of Penn Medicine.

January 2025
5.0
5.0
dr. kishton is very compassionate and communicates effectively.
January 2025
5.0
5.0
she was very professional, confident, sincere and informative in her approach to meeting a new patient.
January 2025
5.0
5.0
i would recommend her because she took the time to go through my file listen to me and make the best plan for me in long term
November 2024
5.0
5.0
she was someone that care about her patient

Insurance accepted

My Locations

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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.
Dr. Kishton is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Agarwal AK, Southwick L, Gonzales RE, Bellini LM, Asch DA, Shea JA, Mitra N, Yang L, Josephs M, Kopinksy M, Kishton R, Balachandran M, Benjamin Wolk C, Becker-Haimes EM, Merchant RM. Digital Engagement Strategy and Health Care Worker Mental Health: A Randomized Clinical Trial , JAMA Netw Open, 7: 2024,e2410994

Goldberg DG, Soylu T, Hoffman CF, Kishton RE, Cronholm PF. "Anxiety, COVID, Burnout and Now Depression": a Qualitative Study of Primary Care Clinicians' Perceptions of Burnout , J Gen Intern Med: 2024

Kishton R, Patel H, Saini D, Millstein J, Levy A. Listening as medicine: A thematic analysis , Patient Experience Journal, 10(1): 2023,64-71

He Y, Ortiz R, Kishton R, Wood J, Fingerman M, Jacobs L, Sinko L. In their own words: Child and adolescent perceptions of caregiver stress during early COVID-19 , Child Abuse Negl, 124: 2022,105452

Kishton R, Sinko L, Ortiz R, Islam MN, Fredrickson A, Sheils NE, Buresh J, Cronholm PF, Matone M. Describing the Health Status of Women Experiencing Violence or Abuse: An Observational Study Using Claims Data , J Prim Care Community Health, 13: 2022,21501319221074121

Stryker SD, Kishton R, Nichols B, Hargraves D, Goodnow K, Doarn CR, Brown JL. 'Depression is not a familiar word': A mixed-methods approach to describe the experience of primary care nurses treating depression in rural Guatemala , Int J Soc Psychiatry: 2021,207640211047882

Ortiz R, Kishton R, Sinko L, Fingerman M, Moreland D, Wood J, Venkataramani A. Assessing Child Abuse Hotline Inquiries in the Wake of COVID-19: Answering the Call , JAMA Pediatr, 175(8): 2021,859-861

Stokes DC, Kishton R, McCalpin HJ, Pelullo AP, Meisel ZF, Beidas RS, Merchant RM. Online Reviews of Mental Health Treatment Facilities: Narrative Themes Associated With Positive and Negative Ratings , Psychiatr Serv, 72(7): 2021,776-783

Sinko L, He Y, Kishton R, Ortiz R, Jacobs L, Fingerman M. "The Stay at Home Order is Causing Things to Get Heated Up": Family Conflict Dynamics During COVID-19 From The Perspectives of Youth Calling a National Child Abuse Hotline , J Fam Violence: 2021,1-10

Wolk CB, Alter CL, Kishton R, Rado J, Atlas JA, Press MJ, Jordan N, Grant M, Livesey C, Rosenthal LJ, Smith JD. Improving Payment for Collaborative Mental Health Care in Primary Care , Med Care, 59(4): 2021,324-326