⭐ PensacolaCoPilot Preferred — Health & Hope Clinic
Health & Hope Clinic can be a strong primary-care starting point if he is uninsured or medically underserved: free primary, preventive, dental, and pharmacy care. (850) 479-4456 · 1718 E. Olive Rd., Pensacola, FL. They are not a substitute for ongoing seizure-specialist care.

The call: I would build his care around an adult epilepsy neurologist at Ascension St. Vincent’s Pensacola seizure & epilepsy program, then choose an internist who explicitly agrees to coordinate complex developmental-disability care, medication reconciliation, and caregiver communication—not just the first general primary-care opening.

Real-time local factors

• At 33, avoid being placed with a geriatric-only practice solely because it has developmental-disability experience.
• Ascension’s Pensacola program specifically states it evaluates and treats adult seizures and epilepsy—the key specialty need here.
• The closest locally identified internist with documented high-volume experience caring for people with intellectual/developmental disabilities is Dr. Manning H. Hanline, MD, but he is listed in internal medicine/geriatric medicine; confirm whether his practice accepts a 33-year-old before pursuing it. Profile and location · 14 W. Jordan St., Pensacola.
• Bring every medication bottle/list, prior EEG/MRI and hospital records, seizure log, insurance card, guardianship/health-care-surrogate paperwork if applicable, and the caregiver who knows his baseline.
• A seizure lasting 5 minutes or more, repeated seizures without returning to baseline, injury, breathing trouble, or a first seizure is an emergency: call 911 and do not drive him yourself.

Runners-up

• Dr. Manning H. Hanline, MD — choose him if his office confirms he accepts younger adults and is comfortable serving as the primary-care quarterback for developmental disability plus epilepsy.
• Baptist-affiliated primary care — choose this route if his neurologist, hospital history, or insurance is primarily in the Baptist system; ask scheduling specifically for an adult internal-medicine clinician experienced with intellectual/developmental disabilities and seizure-medication monitoring.
• UF Health Jacksonville PAIDD — choose this if a dedicated adult intellectual/developmental-disability medical home is more important than local convenience. Its PAIDD program is designed specifically for adult primary care; it is in Jacksonville, so it is a significant trip. Program details

What flips this: If his seizures are not well controlled, he has medication side effects, or he has not seen an adult neurologist recently, prioritize the epilepsy-neurology appointment first; primary care should follow as the coordinating partner.

👉 Is he currently established with a neurologist, and which insurance (Medicaid, Medicare, private, or uninsured) does he have?