Ralph Mark Schapira, M.D.
Ralph Mark Schapira, M.D.
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Department: Medicine
Contact information
Philadelphia VA Medical Center
3900 Woodland Avenue (11)
Philadelphia, PA 19104
3900 Woodland Avenue (11)
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-823-5859
Email:
rschap@mcw.edu
rschap@mcw.edu
Publications
Education:
B.A.
Columbia University, New York, NY, 1980.
M.D.
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas, Dallas, TX, 1984.
Permanent linkB.A.
Columbia University, New York, NY, 1980.
M.D.
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas, Dallas, TX, 1984.
Selected Publications
Antonescu-Turcu Andreea L, Schapira Ralph M: Parenchymal and airway diseases caused by asbestos. Current opinion in pulmonary medicine 16(2): 155-61, Mar 2010.Antonescu-Turcu A, Schapira RM: Parenchymal and Airway Diseases Caused By Asbestos. Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine 16(2): 155-61, March 2010.
Schapira RM, Davids S: Acute Bronchitis. Conn’s Current Therapy. W.B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia, PA, Section 4, 2010.
Agha Zia, Schapira Ralph M, Laud Purushottam W, McNutt Gail, Roter Debra L: Patient satisfaction with physician-patient communication during telemedicine. Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association 15(9): 830-9, Nov 2009.
Raza Tasleem, Joshi Manish, Schapira Ralph M, Agha Zia: Pulmonary telemedicine--a model to access the subspecialist services in underserved rural areas. International Journal of Medical Informatics 78(1): 53-9, Jan 2009.
Agha Zia, Roter Debra L, Schapira Ralph M: An evaluation of patient-physician communication style during telemedicine consultations. Journal of Medical Internet Research 11(3): e36, 2009.
Dario M. Torre, Geoffrey C. Lamb: 5th edition. Kochar's Clinical Medicine for Students. Dario M. Torre, Geoffrey C. Lamb, Jerome Van Ruiswyk, Ralph M. Schapira, Mahendr S. Kochar (eds.). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), 2009.
Schapira RM: Patient Assessment of Physician-Patient Communication during Telemedicine versus In-Person Consultations. 2008 Annual International Meeting and Exposition of the American Telemedicine Association (oral presentation). Telemedicine Journal and e-Health 2008.
Schapira RM: Patient Assessment of Communication during Telemedicine (PACT) Measure. 2008 Annual International Meeting and Exposition of the American Telemedicine Association (poster presentation). Telemedicine Journal and e-Health 2008.
Schapira, RM: Physician-Patient Communication During Telemedicine – Analyses of Physician Communication Style. 2008 Annual International Meeting and Exposition of the American Telemedicine Association (oral presentation). Telemedicine Journal and e-Health 2008.

