Since its inception in 2020, the Center for Surgical Health has relied on a team of dedicated volunteer Personal Patient Navigators (PPNs) to help underserved and undersupported patients access surgical care.

 

When patients are referred to CSH, they are paired with a volunteer who functions as their PPN. PPNs assist patients by:

• Helping them secure financial assistance

• Supplying transportation vouchers

• Arranging translation services

• Escorting patients to tests & appointments

• Helping patients identify resources to actively participate in surgical care

• Staffing our subspecialty clinics, where patients are assessed for surgical needs

 

Currently, our PPNs are a group of passionate medical students, graduate students, and post-baccalaureate students from across the University of Pennsylvania campus.