Rachel E. Kishton, MD
Family Medicine
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

79 reviews

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October 2025
she is amazing
June 2025
my doctor is top knotch
May 2025
when the dr is pleasant it really puts you at easy and dr kishton is always pleasant and makes it seams as though she cares
January 2025
dr. kishton is very compassionate and communicates effectively.

Insurance accepted

My 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.
Dr. Kishton is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Agarwal AK, Gonzales RE, Southwick L, Schroeder D, Sharma M, Bellini L, Asch DA, Mitra N, Balachandran M, Wolk CB, Becker-Haimes EM, Kishton RE, Beck S, Merchant RM. Understanding health care workers' mental health needs: insights from a qualitative study on digital interventions , BMC Health Serv Res, 25: 2025,654

Goldberg DG, Soylu TG, Hoffman CF, Kishton RE, Cronholm PF. Clinicians' perspectives on the adoption and implementation of EMR-integrated clinical decision support tools in primary care , Digit Health, 11: 2025,20552076251334043

Keller AS, Sun KY, Francisco A, Robinson H, Beydler E, Bassett DS, Cieslak M, Cui Z, Davatzikos C, Fan Y, Gardner M, Kishton R, Kornfield SL, Larsen B, Li H, Linder I, Pines A, Pritschet L, Raznahan A, Roalf DR, Seidlitz J, Shafiei G, Shinohara RT, White LK, Wolf DH, Alexander-Bloch A, Satterthwaite TD, Shanmugan S. Reproducible sex differences in personalised functional network topography in youth , Br J Psychiatry: 2025

Agarwal AK, Southwick L, Pelullo A, McCalpin HJ, Gonzales RE, Asch DA, Livesey C, Bellini L, Kishton R, Beck S, Merchant RM. Cross-sectional analysis of healthcare worker mental health and utilisation of a digital mental health platform from 2020 to 2023 , BMJ Open Qual, 13: 2024,e002896

Keller AS, Sun KY, Francisco A, Robinson H, Beydler E, Bassett DS, Cieslak M, Cui Z, Davatzikos C, Fan Y, Gardner M, Kishton R, Kornfield SL, Larsen B, Li H, Linder I, Pines A, Pritschet L, Raznahan A, Roalf DR, Seidlitz J, Shafiei G, Shinohara RT, Wolf DH, Alexander-Bloch A, Satterthwaite TD, Shanmugan S. Reproducible Sex Differences in Personalized Functional Network Topography in Youth , bioRxiv: 2024

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