Daniel Cristancho, MD, MBE
Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology
Medical Director, Primary Stroke Center, Pennsylvania Hospital
Medical Director, Inpatient Neurology, Pennsylvania Hospital
Department: Neurology
Contact information
3400 Spruce Street
3 Gates, Department of Neurology
Philadelphia, PA 19104
3 Gates, Department of Neurology
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Education:
BS (General Honors, Departmental Honors in Biology)
University of Miami , 2010.
MBE (Master of Bioethics)
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine , 2012.
MD
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, 2016.
BS (General Honors, Departmental Honors in Biology)
University of Miami , 2010.
MBE (Master of Bioethics)
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine , 2012.
MD
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, 2016.
Post-Graduate Training
Internship in Internal Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia , 2016-2017.
Resident in Neurology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia , 2017-2020.
Healthcare Leadership in Quality Track Program, Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 2018-2020.
Fellow in Vascular Neurology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia , 2020-2021.
Epic Physician Builder Program, University of Wisconsin, 2021-2021.
Internship in Internal Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia , 2016-2017.
Resident in Neurology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia , 2017-2020.
Healthcare Leadership in Quality Track Program, Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 2018-2020.
Fellow in Vascular Neurology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia , 2020-2021.
Epic Physician Builder Program, University of Wisconsin, 2021-2021.
Certifications
Neurology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology , 2020.
Vascular Neurology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology , 2022.
Permanent linkNeurology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology , 2020.
Vascular Neurology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology , 2022.
Selected Publications
Xu D, Cristancho D, Price R: Expanding the Inpatient General Neurology Consultation Service: An Initiative to Improve Care Delivery. American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting 2025 Apr 2025.Hoey C, Stein LA, Schmitt C, Kumar M, Cucchiara B, Neuhaus-Booth E, Mealey R, Cristancho D: Back to the Basics: Improving ICH Severity Score Compliance. International Stroke Conference 2024 Feb 2024 Notes: Second Place Winner: Get With the Guidelines Quality Forum
Stein LA, Pomeroy J, Spahr M, Scavicchio, K, Rothstein A, Tambe U, Blum C, Cristancho D, Yellareddigari M, Owens K, Sellers M, Hoey C: What's Your Time Worth?: Improving Efficiency in Tracking Core Measures Compliance in Real Time. International Stroke Conference 2024 Feb 2024.
Stein LA, Pomeroy J, Spahr M, Scavicchio, K, Rothstein A, Tambe U, Blum C, Cristancho D, Yellareddigari M, Owens K, Sellers M, Hoey C: Stroke Tracking: Improving Core Measure Compliance Tracking & Efficiency. International Stroke Conference 2024 Feb 2024.
D. Cristancho, L. Stein, C. Hoey, M. Sellers: Streamlining Acute In-Hospital Stroke Evaluation by Transitioning to an Electronic Medical Record Order-Based Alerting Process. 11th Annual Neurohospitalist Society Meeting Oct 2023.
Khazaal O, Cox M, Grodinsky E, Dawood J, Cristancho D, Atsina KB, Ji JB, Neuhaus‐Booth E, Ramchand P, Pukenas BA, Kung D, Hurst R, Choudhri O, Burkhardt JK, Kasner SE, and Favilla CG: Highly Visible Wall‐Timer to Reduce Endovascular Treatment Time for Stroke. Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology 2(6), Sep 2022.
Favilla CG, Ford AF, Khazaal O, Cristancho D, Grodinsky E, Dawod J, Kasner SE: Reliability of Past Medical History in a Single Hospital Participating in Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Registry. Journal of the American Heart Association 11(13), Jul 2022.
Khazaal O, Rothstein A, Husain MR, Broderick M, Cristancho D, Reyes-Esteves S, Khan F, Favilla CG, Messé SR, Mullen MT: Dual-Antiplatelet Therapy May Not Be Associated With an Increased Risk of In-hospital Bleeding in Patients With Moderate or Severe Ischemic Stroke. Frontiers in Neurology Sep 2021.
Daniel Cristancho, Raymond S. Price.: 4 - Low Back Pain. Decision-Making in Adult Neurology. Brett L. Cucchiara and Raymond S. Price (eds.). Elsevier, Page: 8-9, e2, 2021 Notes: doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-63583-7.00004-7.
Siegler JE, Olsen A, Rosenberg J, Cristancho D, Pulst-Korenberg J, Raab L, Woo JH, Messé SR.: Mismatch between automated CTP and ASPECTS score in patients with anterior large vessel occlusion. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 194: 105797, Jul 2020 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2020.105797. Epub 2020 Mar 19.