Second location offers lifeline for people with mental, physical and social concerns

(Wilmington, Del. – April 15, 2021)

ChristianaCare’s Center for Hope and Healing at Wilmington Hospital, an innovative model of care for patients with both medical and behavioral health issues, has opened a second location at the Riverside Medical Arts Complex at 700 W. Lea Blvd. in Wilmington. The new location incorporates a primary care practice for this patient population.

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The new practice, named ChristianaCare Primary Care – Center for Hope and Healing at Riverside, provides a full range of primary care services as well as care for significant behavioral health conditions or serious social needs.

“The strength and uniqueness of our Center for Hope and Healing at Wilmington Hospital is that we offer support to people in our community who are struggling with any combination of mental, medical and social health problems,” said Diane Bohner, M.D., MS, FACP, clinical lead for the center. “Our new location integrates access to a primary care practice that serves as a ‘medical home’ – the place where these patients can build a lasting relationship with their health care provider. Our primary care physicians split their time between office work and hospital care, and that creates continuity between our patients who transition from the hospital to outpatient care.”

Patients who receive care at the Center for Hope and Healing struggle with conditions such as bipolar disorder or schizophrenia in addition to chronic conditions such as diabetes or hypertension. Also, the patients may be challenged with social health needs, including homelessness or food insecurity.

“By addressing both medical and non-medical needs that can impede good health, the Center’s innovative level of extended care will help patients achieve better health and prevent unnecessary emergency department visits, hospitalizations and readmissions,” said Anthony Tramontozzi, D.O., primary care physician at the new practice.

Services at the new practice include:

• Appointments with a psychiatric provider and therapist.
• Primary medical care with a focus on preventive care, immunizations and control of chronic medical conditions.
• Evaluations by a social worker, who helps patients access community, state and federal resources.

Names of providers at the practice:

• Diane Bohner, M.D., clinical lead
• Anthony Tramontozzi, D.O., primary care physician
• Olivia Gad, D.O., primary care physician
• Melvis Ngalla-Oluka, PMHNP, psych nurse practitioner
• Cassandra Rogers, LCSW, behavioral health consultant
• Tannisha Hutchinson, LCSW, social worker
• Louis Bab, BS, CADC, CCDP, community health worker
• Candace McKune, RN
• Naiyma Hawkins, RN, case manager
• Nicole Johnson, MA
• Jennifer Arriaga, MA, practice manager

The address of the new practice:

ChristianaCare Primary Care – Center for Hope and Healing at Riverside

700 W. Lea Blvd
Suite 207
Wilmington, DE 19805
Phone: 302-320-9660
8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday-Friday

Patients interested in finding a primary care provider can visit www.christianacare.org/findapcp or call 302-777-0643.

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About ChristianaCare

Headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, ChristianaCare is one of the country’s most dynamic health care organizations, centered on improving health outcomes, making high-quality care more accessible and lowering health care costs. ChristianaCare includes an extensive network of primary care and outpatient services, home health care, urgent care centers, three hospitals (1,430 beds), a freestanding emergency department, a Level I trauma center and a Level III neonatal intensive care unit, a comprehensive stroke center and regional centers of excellence in heart and vascular care, cancer care and women’s health. It also includes the pioneering Gene Editing Institute.

ChristianaCare is nationally recognized as a great place to work, rated by Forbes as the 2nd best health system for diversity and inclusion, and the 29th best health system to work for in the United States, and by IDG Computerworld as one of the nation’s Best Places to Work in IT. ChristianaCare is rated by Healthgrades as one of America’s 50 Best Hospitals and continually ranked among the nation’s best by U.S. News & World Report, Newsweek and other national quality ratings. ChristianaCare is a nonprofit teaching health system with more than 260 residents and fellows. With its groundbreaking Center for Virtual Health and a focus on population health and value-based care, ChristianaCare is shaping the future of health care.

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