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Marilyn M. Schapira, MD, MPH

Associate Professor of Medicine at the Veteran's Administration Medical Center

Attending Physician, Philadelphia Veterans Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA

Co-Director, Cancer Control Research Program, Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania

Director of Health Policy Research Track of the Masters of Science in Health Policy (MSHP) Program, Division of General Internal Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

Department: Medicine

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Division of General Internal Medicine
423 Guardian Drive
1122 Blockley Hall
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Office: 215 898 2022

Education:
BS (Biology)
Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH, 1981.
MD
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 1986.
MPH (Health Planning and Administration)
University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI, 1986.

Post-Graduate Training
Intern in Internal Medicine, Emory University and Affiliated Hospitals Program, Atlanta, GA, 1986-1988.
Resident in Internal Medicine, Moses Cone Memorial Hospital Affiliate, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC, 1988-1989.
Fellow in General Internal Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, 1989-1990.
Fellow in General Internal Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW), Milwaukee, WI, 1990-1992.
Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) Program for Women, Drexel University College of Medicine, 2010-2011.

Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine (Diplomat) , 1989.

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Selected Publications

Schapira MM, Imbert D, Oh E, Byhoff E, Kosowacki J, Shea J.: Attitudes and Beliefs Towards Evidence Based Medicine in Health. Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting, Denver, CO April 2013 Notes: Oral Presentation.

Schapira MM, Walker CM, Cappaert KJ, Ganschow PS, Fletcher KE, McGinley EL, Del Pozo S, Schauer C, Tarima S, Jacobs EA: The Numeracy Understanding in Medicine Instrument(NUMi): A Measure of Health Numeracy Developed Using Item Response Theory. Medical Decision Making 32: 851-865, Dec 2012.

Fletcher KE, Visotcky AM,Slagle JM, Tarima S, Weinger MB, Schapira MM: The composition of intern work while on call. Journal of General Internal Medicine 27(11): 1432-7, November 2012.

Schapira MM: How Individual Genetic Test Disclosure May Affect Population Health. Medical Decision Making 32(4): 525-26, July-August 2012.

Neuner JM, Schapira MM: The importance of physicians' risk perception in osteoporosis treatment decision making. Journal of Clinical Densitometry 15(1), Jan-Mar 2012.

Schapira MM, Fletcher KE, Eastwood D, Hayes A, Patterson L, Ertl K, Whittle J : The Development and Validation of the Hypertension Evaluation of Lifestyle and Management (HELM) Knowledge Scale. The Journal of Clinical Hypertension 14: 461-466, 2012.

Lamba AR, Schapira MM, Singh S, Fletcher KE.: Defining and measuring the effort needed for inpatient medicine work. Journal of Hospital Medicine 7: 426-430, 2012.

Neuner J, Fedders M, Schapira M. : Enrollment and Satisfaction with an Electronic Personal Health Record. Presented at the Society of General Internal Medicine National Meeting, Orlando, Florida 2012.

Fletcher KE,Nickoloff S,Whittle J,Jackson JL,Frank M,Schapira MM: Why residents consider working beyond the duty work hour limits: Implications of the ACGME 2011 duty-hour standards. Journal of Graduate Medical Education Page: 571-573, Dec 2011 Notes: In Press.

Nickoloff S, Whittle J, Jackson JL, Frank M, Schapira MM, Fletcher KE: Why would house staff choose to work beyond the hour limits? Presented at the Society of General Internal Medicine National Meeting, Phoenix, AZ May 2011.