Vimmi V. Panchal, MD

Geriatric Medicine

4.9 with 118 ratings

Sees patients age 65 and up

Vimmi V. Panchal, MD

Geriatric Medicine

4.9 with 118 ratings

Sees patients age 65 and up

Medical Director St. Ignatius Rehab and Nursing Home
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine (Geriatrics)
Dr. Panchal is a Penn Medicine physician.

Call 800-789-7366 Request Appointment

Administrative Physicals
Aging
Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Testing
Arthritis
Balance Disorders
Behavioral Issues in Dementia
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH)
Capacity Assessment
Caregiver Support
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Cognitive Health
Cognitive Impairment
Community Resources Support
Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)
Constipation
Delirium
Dementia
Dementia with Lewy Bodies
Deprescribing
Depression
Difficulty Swallowing (Dysphagia)
Disruptive Behavior
Dizziness
Elder Abuse
End of Life Decision Making
Executive Function Disorder
Failure to Thrive
Fall Risk Assessment
Falls
Fecal Incontinence (Bowel incontinence)
Female Urinary Incontinence
Frailty
Functional Capacity Evaluation
Geriatrics
Goals of Care Discussion
Hearing Loss
Home Health
Homebound
House Calls
Hypertension (High Blood Pressure)
Knee Arthritis
Male Urinary Incontinence
Malnutrition
Memory Loss
Mild Cognitive Impairment
Muscle Weakness
Neurocognitive Testing
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
Nursing Home Care
Osteoporosis (Thin Bone)
Parkinson's Disease
Pick's Disease (Frontotemporal Dementia)
Placement Support
Polypharmacy
Pressure Ulcers
Senility
Sensory Impairment
Sleep Abnormalities
Social Support
Swallowing Disorders
Type 2 Diabetes
Unsteady Gait
Urinary Incontinence
Vascular Neurocognitive Disorder
Visual Impairment
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Programs and Centers

Penn Medicine's programs and centers combine doctors from many disciplines to coordinate care from start to finish. Dr. Panchal is part of these programs:

Penn Geriatric Medicine Program

Board Certification

Family Medicine - Geriatric Medicine, 2020
Family Medicine, 2017

Education and Training

Medical School: American University of Antigua
Residency: Saint Elizabeth Medical Center
Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Primary Location

Penn Geriatric Medicine Ralston

Ralston-Penn Center Building
3615 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104

A facility of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Map Call 800-789-7366

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Penn Medicine Hospital Privileges

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.

Overall Ratings

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Aetna US Healthcare
Amerihealth Caritas
Amerihealth Caritas Medicare
Centivo Health Plan
Cigna
Cigna HealthSpring
Clover Health Plan
Devon Health Services (Americare)
Gateway Health Plan
Geisinger Health Plan
Geisinger Medicaid
Global Medical Management
HealthAmerica / HealthAssurance, a Coventry Plan
HealthPartners
HealthPartners Medicare
HealthSmart
Highmark Blue Shield
Homestead Smart Health Plans/Claim Watcher
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey
Humana / Choicecare

Humana / Medicare
Imagine Health 360
Independence Blue Cross (Keystone East)
Keystone First
Keystone First Medicare
NJ Medicaid
NJ Qualcare
Oscar Health Plan of PA
Oxford Health Plan
PA Health and Wellness (Centene) Medicare
PA Medicaid
PA Medicare
Preferred Care
Provider Partners Health Plan
Rail Road Medicare / Palmetto GBA
Tricare
United Healthcare
UnitedHealthcare Community Plan
US Family Health Plan
Veterans Choice Program

Academic Contact Information

Ralston-Penn Center
3615 Chestnut St
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: 215-662-2746
Patient appointments: 800-789-7366

American Academy of Family Physicians, National
American Geriatrics Society, National