Mario DeMarco, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Clinical Family Medicine and Community Health
Director of Family Medicine Obsetrics, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Pennsylvania
Senior Fellow Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania
Department: Family Medicine and Community Health
Contact information
Penn Family Care at
Penn Medicine University City, 9th Floor
3737 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Penn Medicine University City, 9th Floor
3737 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Education:
BS (Biology)
Wake Forest University, 2001.
MPH (Health Policy)
Harvard School of Public Health , 2006.
MD
Wake Forest University School of Medicine, 2007.
Permanent linkBS (Biology)
Wake Forest University, 2001.
MPH (Health Policy)
Harvard School of Public Health , 2006.
MD
Wake Forest University School of Medicine, 2007.
Description of Clinical Expertise
Primary Care, Maternal Child Health, Interconception Care, Family Medicine Obstetrics, Chronic Disease Management, Postpartum care and integrated family careDescription of Other Expertise
Undergraduate Medical Education, Graduate Medical Education, Physician LeadershipDescription of Research Expertise
Quality Improvement, Medical Student Education, Integrated Behavioral Health, Maternity Care, Postpartum CareSelected Publications
Renée M. Betancourt MD, Matt Kearney PhD, Sarah Rowley MD, Heather Klusaritz PhD MSW, Mario DeMarco, MD MPH, Peter F. Cronholm MD MSCE: Assessing the impact of a community-academic partnership on perinatal care access in Philadelphia Under Review at American Journal of Public Health 2025.Gayathri Menon MHS,1 Yiting Li MPH,1 Malika Wilson MD,1 Maya N. Clark-Cutaia ACNP-BC, RN, 2,3 Mario P. DeMarco MD, MPH,4 Sunjae Bae MD, PhD,1 Byoungjun Kim PhD1,5, Babak J. Orandi MD, PhD1,3, Dorry L. Segev MD, PhD, 1,5 Mara A. McAdams-DeMarco PhD.: Primary Care Shortage Areas and Access to Kidney Transplantation- A National Registry Study. Under Review in American Journal of Kidney Diseases 2025.
Gayathri Menon, Garyn Metoyer, Yiting Li, Yusi Chen, Sunjae Bae, Mario DeMarco, Brian Lee, Pablo Loarte-Campos, Babak Orandi, Dorry Segev, and Mara McAdams-DeMarco.: National Landscape of Kidney Transplantation among Presumed Unauthorized Immigrants in the US-A National Registry Study. Under Revision at Kidney International 2025.
DeMarco, M. : Lyme Disease. In Domino FJ, Baldor RA, Barry KA, Golding J, Stephens MB (Eds.). The 5-Minute Clinical Consult 2024. 32nd ed. Philadelphia, PA. Wolters Kluwer. 2025.
Barr WB, DeMarco MP. : Family Medicine Obstetrics: Answering the Call. Ann Fam Med 22(5): 367-368, Sep-Oct 2024.
DeMarco MP, Cohn J, Nyachogo M, Dubois J, Lapp T, Donze M, Cronholm PF. : “US Maternal Mortality Solutions Must Include Addressing Intimate Partner Violence” Am J Public Health 114(8): 782-784, August 2024.
Roder N, Bhadra-Heintz N, Cronholm PF, Donze M, DeMarco MP : Integrating Perinatal Addiction Medicine Education Into Family Medicine Residency Programs: The Perinatal Resources for Opiate Use Disorder Program. Am J Public Health 114(S4): S306-S307, https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2024.307623, February 2024.
Spiess S, Owens R, Charron E, DeMarco M, Feurdean M, Gold K, Murray K, Schenk N, Stoesser K, Thomas P, Adediran E, Gardner E, Fortenberry K, Whittaker TC, Ose D. : The Role of Family Medicine in Addressing the Maternal Health Crisis in the United States. J Prim Care Community Health 15: 1-8, Jan-Dec 2024.
Cohn JD, Kearney MD, Donze ML, O'Brien CS, DeMarco MP: PROMOTE: An Innovative Curriculum to Enhance the Maternity Care Workforce. Family Medicine 2024 Notes: Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39207791.
Gregory EF, Cronholm PF, Levine LD, Beidas RS, DeMarco M, O'Sullivan AL, Lorch SA, Maddox AI, Wu K, Fiks AG. : Integrating care for mother-infant dyads after birth: A qualitative study of clinician perspectives on feasibility. Women’s Health Reports (New Rochelle). doi: 10.1089/whr.2023.0098. PMID: 38155873; PMCID: PMC10754422. (eds.). 18(4(1)): 642-650, December 2023.