Rachel E. Kishton, MD

Family Medicine
Accepting new patients
Sees patients of all ages
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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

My education and training

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

Spoken languages

English
English

Reviews

Average Rating

81 reviews

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Anonymous
October 2025
she is amazing
Anonymous
June 2025
my doctor is top knotch
Anonymous
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
Anonymous
January 2025
dr. kishton is very compassionate and communicates effectively.

Insurance accepted

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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

Research

Publications

Steinberg MB, Weiss M, Benjamin Wolk C, Pieri MF, Kishton R, Beck S, Bellini L, Becker-Haimes EM. Four-year patterns of a mental health support service for employees of a healthcare system delivered by lay professionals , J Occup Environ Med: 2026


Rubau-Apa N, Hayes C, Francisco A, Rush S, Rana H, Islam M, Hunter L, Pritschet L, Salo T, Senapati S, Hantsoo L, Indrakanti D, Beydler EM, Baller EB, Barzilay R, Calkins ME, Cieslak M, Detre JA, Dhaliwal S, Elliott MA, Huang H, Keller AS, Kirwan CB, Kishton R, Moore TM, Kornfield SL, Scott JC, Taso M, Tisdall MD, Vossough A, White LK, Zafman K, Wolf DH, Roalf DR, Shanmugan S. The PMADS Project: A Longitudinal Multimodal Cohort Study to Understand Risk for Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders , bioRxiv: 2026


Agarwal AK, Southwick L, Gonzales R, Bellini L, Asch DA, Mitra N, Yang L, Kishton R, Beck S, Balachandran M, Wolk CB, Merchant RM. Differential Impact of a Digital Mental Health Engagement Platform on Black and Female Health Care Workers: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Trial , J Gen Intern Med: 2026


Southwick L, Gonzales R, Bellini L, Asch DA, Mitra N, Balachandran M, Wolk CB, Becker-Haimes EM, Kishton R, Beck S, Merchant RM, Agarwal AK. Proactively Delivered Digital Mental Health Support for Health Care Workers: Usability and Acceptability Evaluation , JMIR Form Res, 9: 2025,e74086


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