Dr. Pankow leads strategies that ensure every patient interaction reflects HonorHealth’s commitment to collaborative, compassionate, high-quality healthcare. As a practicing family physician, she brings frontline credibility to her leadership, engaging clinicians directly in process improvement and translating feedback into operational changes that reduce burnout. Her leadership helped the system earn the American Medical Association’s “Joy in Medicine” health system recognition in 2023, a national distinction honoring sustained commitment to physician wellbeing. She also advances integrated mental healthcare by leading efforts to embed behavioral health services within every primary care location, expanding access and reducing stigma. Dr. Pankow created and implemented a multidisciplinary diabetes prevention program that uses behavioral change techniques and coordinates care among a clinical diabetes nurse, educator, dietitian, behavioral health specialists and a physical therapist to help high-risk patients adopt healthier lifestyles. In 2022, she received the “Wallace A. Reed, MD Award” from the Arizona Medical Association for healthcare innovation, recognizing her leadership in mass Covid testing, telemedicine expansion and mobile vaccination events. She also received the “Martin L. Block Award” from Rise Health for advancing senior health through clinical leadership, policy vision and sustained system improvement.
