PentaHealth Primary Care Downingtown

About Eric

Dr. Eric DiCicco was born in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania and grew up in Downingtown, Pennsylvania. After graduating from Downingtown High School, he went on to earn his undergraduate degree in Biology from Gannon University. He received his medical degree from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed his post-graduate studies at the Graduate Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Dr. DiCicco has practiced Family Medicine in Chester County since 1999 and was named by MainLine Today as a Top Doctor in 2009 and 2024. He and his family continue to make Chester County their home.

About Laurie

Dr. Laurie Gallagher is a life-long resident of Chester County. She earned her bachelor’s degree from Albright College in Reading and earned her medical degree from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. She completed her training with Bryn Mawr Family Practice in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.

Dr. Gallagher is Board Certified in Family Medicine and joined our practice in 2004. In addition to the practice of medicine, she is a physician trainer at the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners Clinical Skills Testing Center in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania.

She is interested in fitness and running and resides in Downingtown with her family.

About Jessica

Dr. Schleusner was born and raised in Delaware County, PA. She attended Messiah College and graduated magna cum laude in 2009, with a BS in Biology and minor in Psychology. After college, she went on to receive her medical degree from Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine where she was a member of the Sigma Zeta Honors Society and recipient of the American College of Osteopathic Family Physician Scholarship. She was also Vice President of Community Service in the Christian Medical Association.

In 2013, Dr. Schleusner joined the Crozer Keystone Family Medicine residency program in Springfield, PA. While there, she was involved in many programs, including the Pediatric Asthma Task Force and the Inpatient Quality Improvement Team. She was Chief Resident in her last year.

Dr. Schleusner joined PentaHealth, formerly Gateway Medical Associates, in 2016. She has special interests in preventive medicine, pediatrics, and women’s health. Her patients are very important to her, and she strives to build relationships with them that facilitate a partnership in their care. She is passionate about family medicine and providing the best care for each patient.

Dr. Schleusner lives Chester County with her family. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with friends and family, traveling to the beach, crocheting and spin classes.

About Rannette

Dr. Schurtz is a graduate of Rider University, where she was a four-year Presidential Scholar. She received her BS in Biology and graduated Magna Cum Laude. She then attended MCP-Hahnemann School of Medicine (now Drexel University College of Medicine) on a full-tuition Merit Scholarship and graduated in 2001. Dr. Schurtz completed her residency from Crozer-Keystone Family Practice Residency program in 2004. While there she received awards for community outreach and patient education. She is a member of the American Medical Association and Pennsylvania Medical Society and is a fellow in the American Academy of Family Practice.

Dr. Schurtz prides herself on creating a compassionate doctor-patient relationship led by the patient. She believes in providing the most up-to-date and evidence-based information to her patients in an effort to allow them to make educated decisions for their health and the health of their family. With this knowledge she hopes that a partnership and commitment to health are forged, and that her patients are empowered in controlling their own health care.

Dr. Schurtz is fluent in Spanish. She lives in Chester County with her family. In her free time she likes traveling to warmer climates, watching sports and going to the theatre.

About Laurie

Laurie was born and raised in the Downingtown area. She obtained her Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing at West Chester University in 1999, and subsequently worked for 10 years as an RN. Through that time she worked in Pediatric Oncology at both Johns Hopkins Children’s Center and Alfred I. DuPont Hospital for Children. Laurie also did some medical missions work in rural North India, where she eventually decided to move.

While in India, she worked in a Home for Children, treating leprosy. It was here that Laurie met her husband, and began a family. Eventually, the Taylor family moved to Baltimore, MD where they lived for 4 years. Laurie obtained her MS Family Nurse Practitioner license in 2009 at the University of Maryland. She and her husband have recently moved back into the home where she grew up and are raising 4 boys, along with a big dog and flock of back yard birds. She has worked for 8 years as a Nurse Practitioner, treating patients of all ages in family practice. Laurie’s hobbies include: spending time with her crazy boys, participating in her local church, gardening, cooking, and building things.