Richard C. Wender, MD
Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health
Department Chair, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Pennsylvania
Full Member (Research), Cancer Control Program, Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania
Physician, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, Penn Medicine
Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania
Executive Director , Center of Public Health Initiatives (CPHI), University of Pennsylvania
Department: Family Medicine and Community Health
Contact information
Department of Family Medicine and Community Health
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
Andrew Mutch Building, Floor 7
51 N. 39th Street
Philadelphia, PA
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
Andrew Mutch Building, Floor 7
51 N. 39th Street
Philadelphia, PA
Education:
BA
Princeton University, 1975.
MD
University of Pennsylvania, 1979.
Permanent linkBA
Princeton University, 1975.
MD
University of Pennsylvania, 1979.
Selected Publications
Dwyer AJ, Wender RC, Weltzien ES, Dean MS, Sharpe K, Fleisher L, Burhansstipanov L, Johnson W, Martinez L, Wiatrek DE, Calhoun E, Battaglia TA; National Navigation Roundtable: Collective pursuit for equity in cancer care: The National Navigation Roundtable. Cancer 128(Suppl 13): 2561-2567, July 2022 Notes: doi: 10.1002/cncr.34162.Andrea Lawful Sanders (Talk Show Host): EQUITY: What's in a WURD? Radio Station WURD June 2022 Notes: Main Line Heath Radio broadcast interview with Richard Wender, Veronica Milbourne and Raina Merchant.
Wender RC: Should Routine Screening for Colorectal Cancer Start at 45 Years of Age? Yes: Lowering the Starting Age Is a Settled Issue. Am Fam Physician 105(2): 120-121, Feb 2022.
Wender RC: Should Routine Screening for Colorectal Cancer Start at 45 Years of Age? Yes: Lowering the Starting Age Is a Settled Issue. American Family Physician Feb 2022.
Wender RC: More social determinants lead to more cancer death: A tragic dose response. Cancer 128(1): 39-42, Jan 2022 Notes: doi: 10.1002/cncr.33890; Epub 2021 Sep 3.
Wender RC, Wolf AMD: Increasing Cancer Screening Rates in Primary Care. The Medical Clinics of North America 104(6): 971-987, Nov 2020 Notes: 10.1016/j.mcna.2020.08.001.
Wender RC: Colorectal cancer screening should begin at 45. J Gastroenterol Hepatol 35(9): 1461-1463, Sep 2020 Notes: doi: 10.1111/jgh.15196; Editorial.
Fontham ETH, Wolf AMD, Church TR, Etzioni R, Flowers CR, Herzig A, Guerra CE, Oeffinger KC, Shih YT, Walter LC, Kim JJ, Andrews KS, DeSantis CE, Fedewa SA, Manassaram-Baptiste D, Saslow D, Wender RC, Smith RA: Cervical cancer screening for individuals at average risk: 2020 guideline update from the American Cancer Society. CA Cancer J Clin 70(5): 321-346, Sept 2020 Notes: Epub ahead of print: July 30, 2020; DOI: 10.3322/caac.21628.
Giri VN, Knudsen KE, Kelly WK, Cheng HH, Cooney KA, Cookson MS, Dahut W, Weissman S, Soule HR, Petrylak DP, Dicker AP, AlDubayan SH, Toland AE, Pritchard CC, Pettaway CA, Daly MB, Mohler JL, Parsons JK, Carroll PR, Pilarski R, Blanco A, Woodson A, Rahm A, Taplin ME, Polascik TJ, Helfand BT, Hyatt C, Morgans AK, Feng F, Mullane M, Powers J, Concepcion R, Lin DW, Wender R, Mark JR, Costello A, Burnett AL, Sartor O, Isaacs WB, Xu J, Weitzel J, Andriole GL, Beltran H, Briganti A, Byrne L, Calvaresi A, Chandrasekar T, Chen DYT, Den RB, Dobi A, Crawford ED, Eastham J, Eggener S, Freedman ML, Garnick M, Gomella PT, Handley N, Hurwitz MD, Izes J, Karnes RJ, Lallas C, Languino L, Loeb S, Lopez AM, Loughlin KR, Lu-Yao G, Malkowicz SB, Mann M, Mille P, Miner MM, Morgan T, Moreno J, Mucci L, Myers RE, Nielsen SM, O'Neil B, Pinover W, Pinto P, Poage W, Raj GV, Rebbeck TR, Ryan C, Sandler H, Schiewer M, Scott EMD, Szymaniak B, Tester W, Trabulsi EJ, Vapiwala N, Yu EY, Zeigler-Johnson C, Gomella LG: Implementation of Germline Testing for Prostate Cancer: Philadelphia Prostate Cancer Consensus Conference 2019. J Clin Oncol. 38(24): 2798-2811, Aug 2020 Notes: Epub ahead of print: Jun 9, 2020; doi:10.1200/JCO.20.00046.
Wender R, Brooks D, Sharpe K, Doroshenk M: The National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable: Past Performance, Current and Future Goals. Gastrointest Endosc Clin N Am. 30(3): 499-509, Jul 2020 Notes: Epub ahead of print: Apr 16, 2020; doi: 10.1016/j.giec.2020.02.013.