Sara Ann Van Calcar, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine (Hospital Medicine)
Attending, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania
Attending, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, University of Pennsylvania
Medical Director of Solid Oncology APP service, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Associate Section Chief at HUP for Division of Hospital Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department: Medicine
Contact information
3400 Spruce Street
Maloney Building, Suite 5033
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Maloney Building, Suite 5033
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-662-3797
Fax: 215-662-6250
Fax: 215-662-6250
Education:
B.S. (Molecular Biology)
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 2001.
M.D. (Doctorate of Medicine)
Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, 2009.
B.S. (Molecular Biology)
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 2001.
M.D. (Doctorate of Medicine)
Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, 2009.
Post-Graduate Training
Intern in Internal Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania , 2009-2010.
Resident in Internal Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 2010-2012.
Fellow in Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 2019-2021.
Intern in Internal Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania , 2009-2010.
Resident in Internal Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 2010-2012.
Fellow in Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 2019-2021.
Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine - Internal Medicine, 2012.
American Board of Internal Medicine - Hospice and Palliative Medicine, 2022.
Permanent linkAmerican Board of Internal Medicine - Internal Medicine, 2012.
American Board of Internal Medicine - Hospice and Palliative Medicine, 2022.
Selected Publications
Kim J, Van Calcar S, Hemmert K, Whartenby A, Neuss MJ: Medicine Triage Re-imagined: Improving Care in a Cost-Effective Manner. Society of Hospital Medicine Annual Meeting, Austin, TX April 2023 Notes: Poster Presentation.Van Calcar S, Adebusuyi A, Serpa M, Banerjee R, McFall M, Suarez A, Myers J.: The Bridge Project: An Intervention to Improve Attendance Rates at Post-discharge Follow-up Appointments. Society of Hospital Medicine Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV. May 2017 Notes: Poster Presentation.
ENCODE Project Consortium, Birney E, Stamatoyannopoulos JA, Dutta A, Guigó R, Gingeras TR, Margulies EH, Weng Z, Snyder M, Dermitzakis ET, Thurman RE, Kuehn MS, Taylor CM, Neph S, Koch CM, Asthana S, Malhotra A, Adzhubei I, Greenbaum JA, Andrews RM, Flicek P, Boyle PJ, Cao H, Carter NP, Clelland GK, Davis S, Day N, Dhami P, Dillon SC, Dorschner MO, Fiegler H, Giresi PG, Goldy J, Hawrylycz M, Haydock A, Humbert R, James KD, Johnson BE, Johnson EM, Frum TT, Rosenzweig ER, Karnani N, Lee K, Lefebvre GC, Navas PA, Neri F, Parker SC, Sabo PJ, Sandstrom R, Shafer A, Vetrie D, Weaver M, Wilcox S, Yu M, Collins FS, Dekker J, Lieb JD, Tullius TD, Crawford GE, Sunyaev S, Noble WS, Dunham I, Denoeud F, Reymond A, Kapranov P, Rozowsky J, Zheng D, Castelo R, Frankish A, Harrow J, Ghosh S, Sandelin A, Hofacker IL, Baertsch R, Keefe D, Dike S, Cheng J, Hirsch HA, Sekinger EA, Lagarde J, Abril JF, Shahab A, Flamm C, Fried C, Hackermüller J, Hertel J, Lindemeyer M, Missal K, Tanzer A, Washietl S, Korbel J, Emanuelsson O, Pedersen JS, Holroyd N, Taylor R, Swarbreck D, Matthews N, Dickson MC, Thomas DJ, Weirauch MT, Gilbert J, Drenkow J, Bell I, Zhao X, Srinivasan KG, Sung WK, Ooi HS, Chiu KP, Foissac S, Alioto T, Brent M, Pachter L, Tress ML, Valencia A, Choo SW, Choo CY, Ucla C, Manzano C, Wyss C, Cheung E, Clark TG, Brown JB, Ganesh M, Patel S, Tammana H, Chrast J, Henrichsen CN, Kai C, Kawai J, Nagalakshmi U, Wu J, Lian Z, Lian J, Newburger P, Zhang X, Bickel P, Mattick JS, Carninci P, Hayashizaki Y, Weissman S, Hubbard T, Myers RM, Rogers J, Stadler PF, Lowe TM, Wei CL, Ruan Y, Struhl K, Gerstein M, Antonarakis SE, Fu Y, Green ED, Karaöz U, Siepel A, Taylor J, Liefer LA, Wetterstrand KA, Good PJ, Feingold EA, Guyer MS, Cooper GM, Asimenos G, Dewey CN, Hou M, Nikolaev S, Montoya-Burgos JI, Löytynoja A, Whelan S, Pardi F, Massingham T, Huang H, Zhang NR, Holmes I, Mullikin JC, Ureta-Vidal A, Paten B, Seringhaus M, Church D, Rosenbloom K, Kent WJ, Stone EA; NISC Comparative Sequencing Program; Baylor College of Medicine Human Genome Sequencing Center; Washington University Genome Sequencing Center; Broad Institute; Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute, Batzoglou S, Goldman N, Hardison RC, Haussler D, Miller W, Sidow A, Trinklein ND, Zhang ZD, Barrera L, Stuart R, King DC, Ameur A, Enroth S, Bieda MC, Kim J, Bhinge AA, Jiang N, Liu J, Yao F, Vega VB, Lee CW, Ng P, Shahab A, Yang A, Moqtaderi Z, Zhu Z, Xu X, Squazzo S, Oberley MJ, Inman D, Singer MA, Richmond TA, Munn KJ, Rada-Iglesias A, Wallerman O, Komorowski J, Fowler JC, Couttet P, Bruce AW, Dovey OM, Ellis PD, Langford CF, Nix DA, Euskirchen G, Hartman S, Urban AE, Kraus P, Van Calcar S, Heintzman N, Kim TH, Wang K, Qu C, Hon G, Luna R, Glass CK, Rosenfeld MG, Aldred SF, Cooper SJ, Halees A, Lin JM, Shulha HP, Zhang X, Xu M, Haidar JN, Yu Y, Ruan Y, Iyer VR, Green RD, Wadelius C, Farnham PJ, Ren B, Harte RA, Hinrichs AS, Trumbower H, Clawson H, Hillman-Jackson J, Zweig AS, Smith K, Thakkapallayil A, Barber G, Kuhn RM, Karolchik D, Armengol L, Bird CP, de Bakker PI, Kern AD, Lopez-Bigas N, Martin JD, Stranger BE, Woodroffe A, Davydov E, Dimas A, Eyras E, Hallgrímsdóttir IB, Huppert J, Zody MC, Abecasis GR, Estivill X, Bouffard GG, Guan X, Hansen NF, Idol JR, Maduro VV, Maskeri B, McDowell JC, Park M, Thomas PJ, Young AC, Blakesley RW, Muzny DM, Sodergren E, Wheeler DA, Worley KC, Jiang H, Weinstock GM, Gibbs RA, Graves T, Fulton R, Mardis ER, Wilson RK, Clamp M, Cuff J, Gnerre S, Jaffe DB, Chang JL, Lindblad-Toh K, Lander ES, Koriabine M, Nefedov M, Osoegawa K, Yoshinaga Y, Zhu B, de Jong PJ.: Identification and Analysis of Functional Elemnts in 1% of the Human Genome by ENCODE Pilot Project Nature. (eds.). 447(7146): 799-816, Jun 14 2007 Notes: DOI: 10.1038/nature05874.
Heintzman ND, Stuart RK, Hon G, Fu Y, Ching CW, Hawkins RD, Barrera LO, Van Calcar S, Qu C, Ching KA, Wang W, Weng Z, Green RD, Crawford GE, Ren B: Distinct and Predictive Chromatin Signatures of Transcriptional Promoters and Enhancers in the Human Genome. Nat Genet 39(3): 311-8, Mar 2007 Notes: DOI: 10.1038/ng1966.
Kim TH, Barrera LO, Qu C, Van Calcar S, Trinklein ND, Cooper SJ, Luna RM, Glass CK, Rosenfeld MG, Myers RM, Ren B: Direct Isolation and Identification of Promoters in the Human Genome. Genome Res. 15(6): 830-9, Jun 2005 Notes: DOI: 10.1101/gr.3430605.
Li Z, Van Calcar S, Qu C, Cavenee WK, Zhang MQ, Ren B: A Global Transcriptional Regulatory Role for c-Myc in Burkitt's Lymphoma Cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci 100(14): 8164-9, Jul 8 2003 Notes: DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1332764100.