Carmen E. Guerra, M.D., M.S.C.E.
Carmen E. Guerra, M.D., M.S.C.E.
Associate Professor of Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department: Medicine
Graduate Group Affiliations
Contact information
Abramson Cancer Center
1206 Penn Tower
399 South 34 Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
1206 Penn Tower
399 South 34 Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: (215) 349-5374
Fax: (215) 662-4020
Fax: (215) 662-4020
Email:
carmen.guerra@uphs.upenn.edu
carmen.guerra@uphs.upenn.edu
Links
Colon Cancer Alliance rings the NASDAQ closing bell in promotion of Colon Cancer Awareness Month, Times Square, New York, March 1, 2011
Medical Interview for CBS news affiliate KYW Channel 3 Philadelphia "Colorectal Cancer Screening and Curcumin for the Chemoprevention of Colorectal Cancer. Record date 3/2/07. Air date 3/27/07
Oncolink Brown Bag Webchat: Advances in Colorectal Cancer Screening. March 11, 2011.
Medical interview on breast cancer for the Spanish television network Telemundo’s Maria Del Pilar’s “De Todo Un Poco” taped for live on 3/4/04 and aired on Philadelphia’s WWSI Telemundo Channel 62 on 3/8/04 at 6PM. Tape can be viewed at the URL below.
Increasing Colorectal Cancer Screening Rates in Practice. Webinar for Quality Insights of Pennsylvania, Quality Insights of Delaware and Quality Insights of West Virginia. February 4, 2009 and February 5, 2009.
Colon Cancer Alliance rings the NASDAQ closing bell in promotion of Colon Cancer Awareness Month, Times Square, New York, March 1, 2011
Medical Interview for CBS news affiliate KYW Channel 3 Philadelphia "Colorectal Cancer Screening and Curcumin for the Chemoprevention of Colorectal Cancer. Record date 3/2/07. Air date 3/27/07
Oncolink Brown Bag Webchat: Advances in Colorectal Cancer Screening. March 11, 2011.
Medical interview on breast cancer for the Spanish television network Telemundo’s Maria Del Pilar’s “De Todo Un Poco” taped for live on 3/4/04 and aired on Philadelphia’s WWSI Telemundo Channel 62 on 3/8/04 at 6PM. Tape can be viewed at the URL below.
Increasing Colorectal Cancer Screening Rates in Practice. Webinar for Quality Insights of Pennsylvania, Quality Insights of Delaware and Quality Insights of West Virginia. February 4, 2009 and February 5, 2009.
Education:
B.A. (Psychobiology)
New York University, 1989.
M.D. (Medicine)
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, 1993.
M.S.C.E. (Epidemiology)
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2006.
Permanent linkB.A. (Psychobiology)
New York University, 1989.
M.D. (Medicine)
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, 1993.
M.S.C.E. (Epidemiology)
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2006.
Description of Research Expertise
Barriers to colorectal and prostate cancer screeningPhysician behavior about cancer screening
Chemoprevention in colorectal cancer screening
Health literacy as a barrier to cancer screening
Disparities in cancer screening
Curcumin
Cancer screening
Description of Clinical Expertise
Cancer ScreeningWomen's Health
Disease prevention
Selected Publications
McDonald JA, Weathers B, Barg FK, Troxel AB, Shea JA, Bowen D, Guerra CE, Halbert CH.: Donation intentions for cancer genetics research among African Americans. Genet Test Mol Biomarkers 16(4): 252-8, Apr 2012.Pagan, JA, Brown CJ, Asch DA, Armstrong K, Bastida E, Guerra CE. : Health Literacy and Breast Cancer Screening among Mexican American Women in South Texas J Cancer Ed 27(1): 132-7, Mar 2012.
Halbert CH, Barg FK, Guerra CE, Shea JA, Armstrong K, Ferguson M, Weathers B, Coyne J, Troxel AB.: Cultural, Economic, and Psychological Predictors of Colonoscopy in a National Sample. 2011 Nov;26(11):1311-6. Genet Test Mol Biomarkers 26(11): 1311-6, Nov 2011.
Ulrich CM, Zhou Q, Ratcliffe S, Guerra C, Danis M, Watkins-Bruner D, Grady C.: Published research: Translatable to Clinical Trial Recommendations? NIH Conference on Science of Dissemination and Implementation: Building Research Capacity to Bridge the Gap from Science to Service Jan 2009.
Armstrong K, Sherman M, Guerra CE. : Diffusion of Breast Cancer Risk Assessment in Primary Care. J Am Fam Med 22: 272-9. 2009.
Ayana Jones: Racial Disparities in Cancer Screening. Health Section, The Philadelphia Tribune Robert W. Bogle, 124(67): 4B, July 2008.
Guerra CE: 2008 Colorectal Cancer Screening Guidelines Pennsylvania Academy of Family Physicians Webinar June 2008.
Pagan JA, Asch DA, Brown CJ, Guerra CE, Armstrong K : Community Uninsurance and Mammography Screening Rates Among Insured and Uninsured Women J Clin Oncol 26(11): 1865-70, April 2008.
Kirkesy D, Guerra CE, Xie SX, Glick HA, Karlawish J. : Deciding about Cancer Screening. Proceedings of the American Geriatrics Society Annual Meeting, Washington, DC April 2008.
Bristol MN, Sonnad SS, Guerra C : Uninformed Complimentary and Alternative Supplement Use: A Risky Behavior for Cardiovascular Patients. Complimentary Health Practice Review 13(2): 100-9, April 2008.