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Carmen E. Guerra, M.D., M.S.C.E.Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
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Department: Medicine
Contact information
Division of General Internal Medicine
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine 1221 Blockley Hall, 423 Guardian Drive Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: (215) 662-7624
Fax: (215) 573-8778 Email: carmen.guerra@uphs.upenn.edu Links
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. 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
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.
Post-Graduate Training
Intern in Medicine, Strong Memorial Hospital of the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry , 1993-1994. Resident in Medicine, Strong Memorial Hospital of the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry , 1994-1996. Fellow , NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Summer Training Institute on Randomized Clinical Trials Involving Behavioral Interventions, 2003-2003.
Certifications
Permanent linkAmerican Board of Internal Medicine, 1996. Recertification completed, Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine, 2007. Description of Research ExpertiseBarriers 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 ExpertiseCancer ScreeningWomen's Health Disease prevention Selected PublicationsGuerra CE, Brown JA, Schwartz JS, Shea JA: Barriers and Facilitators of Physician Recommendation of Colorectal Cancer Screening. J Gen Intern Med 19(Supp 1): 216, April 2004.Guerra CE, Kim K, Gilden-Tsai A, Datto C: Quality of Life Instrument in Patients with Retinal Diseases. Ophthalmology 111(3): 608, 2004. Shea JA, Guerra CE, Weiner J, Aguirre A, Schaffer M, Asch DA : Health Literacy and Patient Satisfaction. J Gen Intern Med 18(supp 1): 187, April 2003 Notes: http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/pdf/10.1046/j.1525-1497.18.s1.8.x. Guerra CE, Szapary PO: New Definition of Myocardial Infarction. Arch Intern Med 163: 245, 2003. Armstrong K, Ubel PA, Weber BL, Guerra C, Schwartz JS : Interest in BRCA ½ in the Primary Care Population Prev Med 34: 590-595, 2002. Armstrong K, Popik S, Guerra C, Ubel PA : Beliefs about Breast Cancer Risk and Use of Postmenopausal Hormone Replacement Therapy Med Decis Making 20(3): 308-313, 2000.
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