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Carmen E. Guerra, M.D., M.S.C.E.Associate Professor of Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Attending Physician, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Member, Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center
Attending Physician, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
Associate Member, Center for Molecular Studies in Digestive and Liver Diseases, University of Pennsylvania
Senior Fellow , Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania
Member, Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics, University of Pennsylvania
Founding co-director, UPHS Colorectal Cancer Screening Patient Navigation Program, University of Pennsylvania Health System
Senior Fellow, Center for Health Behavior Research, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Affiliated Member, LDI Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics/Penn-CMU Roybal Center, University of Pennsylvania
Associate Chief of Staff, Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Founding Director, Healthy Woman Program, University of Pennsylvania Health System
Department: Medicine
Contact information
Abramson Cancer Center
1206 Penn Tower 399 South 34 Street Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: (215) 349-5374
Fax: (215) 662-4020 Email:
carmen.guerra@uphs.upenn.edu
Graduate Group Affiliations
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.
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. Fellow, Robert Wood Johnson Amos Medical Faculty Development Program, 2005-2009. Candidate for Certificate of Professional Development concentrated on Leadership Development, Aresty Institute of Executive Education at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 2012-2014.
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 PublicationsMcDonald 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.
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