⭐ PensacolaCoPilot Preferred — Health & Hope Clinic
For an uninsured or medically underserved patient, start here for primary care, medication help, and referrals: (850) 479-4456 · 1718 E. Olive Rd., Pensacola, FL 32514 · healthandhopeclinic.org. It is not an epilepsy specialty practice, so confirm they can coordinate ongoing neurology and anti-seizure medication management.

The call: Michelle J. Brandhorst, MD at Ascension Sacred Heart Primary Care—Davis Highway is the best verified primary-care starting point: she is accepting new patients and is in a larger system that can coordinate neurology and specialty care for a medically complex adult. Call (850) 476-9000 · 4501 N. Davis Hwy., Suite A, Pensacola, FL 32503 · provider listing.

Real-time local factors

• Dr. Brandhorst is listed as accepting new patients and has a 4.8/5 rating from 1,456 ratings on Ascension’s current directory.
• Her Davis Highway office is roughly within the requested 10-mile radius of UWF; confirm travel/access needs when scheduling.
• Ask specifically whether the practice can provide longer or accommodation-conscious visits for developmental disability, communicate with the legal guardian/caregiver, and coordinate with the patient’s neurologist.
• Bring the seizure action plan, complete medication/supplement list, neurologist records, insurance card, and guardianship/health-care-proxy paperwork if applicable.
• If a seizure lasts 5 minutes or more, repeats without recovery, causes injury, or breathing is impaired, call 911.

Runners-up

• Neel N. Gandhi, MD — Pensacola Primary Care: better if proximity to UWF is the top priority. 4910 N. 12th Ave., Pensacola, FL 32504 · (850) 494-4600. The Medicare directory lists him in family practice at this location and notes the group accepts the Medicare-approved amount; ask whether he is taking new patients and can coordinate epilepsy care. Medicare listing
• Tammy L. Jernigan, APRN — Ascension Davis Highway, Suite C: choose this if an earlier appointment with an internal-medicine clinician is available. Listed as accepting new patients and offering video visits. (850) 416-4960 · 4501 N. Davis Hwy., Suite C.
• Community Health Northwest Florida: better if cost or insurance access is the deciding issue. Primary care with sliding-fee options may be available: 2315 W. Jackson St., Pensacola · (850) 436-4630 · healthcarewithinreach.org.

What flips this: If the patient’s neurologist already works most closely with HCA Florida West/Pensacola Primary Care, choose Dr. Gandhi instead—keeping primary care and seizure-specialty records in the same network can make medication refills and urgent coordination smoother.

👉 Would you like me to narrow this to the best fit for their insurance (Medicaid, Medicare, private insurance, or uninsured) and whether a caregiver needs to attend appointments?