{"id":24378,"date":"2017-05-24T09:19:29","date_gmt":"2017-05-24T13:19:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=24378"},"modified":"2017-05-24T09:19:31","modified_gmt":"2017-05-24T13:19:31","slug":"ceppa-named-lchs-new-primary-care-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=24378","title":{"rendered":"Ceppa named LCH’s new Primary Care Director"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dr. Federico\u00a0Ceppa (left) with a patient during an on-site wellness visit at a local mushroom farm.<\/p><\/div>\n

KENNETT SQUARE \u2014 Dr. Federico Ceppa, MD, who joined La Comunidad Hispana (LCH) as a physician in October 2015, was recently appointed to Director of Primary Care.<\/p>\n

Dr. Ceppa lives out LCH\u2019s mission of helping low-income families to stay healthy, build strong families, and lead productive lives. Ceppa not only sees patients in-house at LCH\u2019s Kennett Square location, but he volunteers his time to travel with an outreach team to provide wellness checks for the employees of local mushroom farms and businesses who may not have the time to go to LCH for an appointment.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are so many barriers to quality health care,\u201d said Ceppa. \u201cWith the fate of health coverage uncertain at this time, it\u2019s especially rewarding to be working in a Federally Qualified Health Center which is committed to ensuring that essential health care is available to all.\u201d<\/p>\n

In his new role as Director of Primary Care, he will oversee six providers who are supported by nearly twenty support staff of Medical Assistants, Registered Nurses, and Patient Advocates.\u00a0 LCH serves nearly 6,000 members each year through its integrated health center, social assistance services, education classes, behavioral health services, and dental center.<\/p>\n

In addition to his family medicine experience, Ceppa\u2019s ten years of experience as a surgeon allow him to provide surgical care to LCH patients with minor wounds and lesions. A native of Argentina, Ceppa can communicate with both English and Spanish speaking patients that come to LCH for care. \u201cDr. Ceppa\u2019s diverse experience and multicultural background are true assets to LCH\u201d, commented LCH President and CEO Alisa Jones. \u201cHe embodies the high quality, culturally welcoming care that LCH strives to provide in both our Kennett Square and Oxford locations.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ceppa attended Kenyon College in Ohio, and completed his medical training at Howard University in Washington, D.C. He then completed residency in Surgery at St. Agnes Healthcare. After a decade of practicing surgery, Dr. Ceppa transitioned to family medicine through the Lifeguard Program with the PA Medical Society. He lives in Chester County with his wife and two children.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KENNETT SQUARE \u2014 Dr. Federico Ceppa, MD, who joined La Comunidad Hispana (LCH) as a physician in October 2015, was recently appointed to Director of Primary Care. Dr. Ceppa lives out LCH\u2019s mission of helping low-income families to stay healthy, build strong families, and lead productive lives. Ceppa not only sees patients in-house at LCH\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24380,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[8951,1168],"class_list":["post-24378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-federico-ceppa","tag-la-comunidad-hispana"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24378"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24378\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24379,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24378\/revisions\/24379"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}