Priscilla Mpasi, M.D.

Dr. Priscilla Mpasi is a Pediatrician in Academic Medicine and Primary Care at ChristianaCare Health System with physician executive roles in the enterprise that have included Assistant Medical Director, Clinically Integrated Network; Medical Director, Delaware Medicaid Partners (ACO); and Clinical Director, Complex Primary Care and Community Medicine. She completed the National Clinicians Scholars Program health policy fellowship the University of Pennsylvania. She earned her B.S. in Psychology from Duke University, her M.D. from Virginia Commonwealth University and completed a pediatrics residency with a certificate in Advocacy at the University of Maryland Children’s Hospital.

Her work is centered on population health management to optimize patient navigation in the healthcare system, enhance resource utilization and promote improved health outcomes. She primarily focuses on Medicaid network adequacy where she provides clinical leadership and strategic development for program development and patient engagement. Her particular emphasis is on pediatric and maternal health patients and expanding access to social health resources for medically vulnerable populations. She also fosters leadership development for physicians and medical students of color to expand workforce diversity in the medical field.

Dr. Mpasi is a nationally recognized leader in healthcare and a regarded expert in pediatric health and minority health outcomes. She currently serves as the Chairperson of the Board of Trustees for the National Medical Association. She is the Governor-Appointed Chair for the Delaware Healthy Mother and Infant Consortium to provide statewide leadership to improve maternal and child health outcomes. She has also held national leadership with the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Medical Association.

She has received numerous awards that includes the Delaware Association for the Education of Young Children Inaugural Community Hero Award, Women We Admire Top 50 Women Leaders in Delaware, National Minority Quality Forum 40 Under 40 Leaders in Health, the Virginia Commonwealth University 10 Under 10 Alumni, the NMA Top Healthcare Professionals Under 40, and the AMA Foundation Physicians of Tomorrow Award.

Dr. Mpasi is originally from Silver Spring, MD with family origins from the Democratic Republic of Congo and currently resides in Philadelphia, PA.