Carmen E. Guerra, M.D., M.S.C.E.
Carmen E. Guerra, M.D., M.S.C.E.
Associate Professor of Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department: Medicine
Graduate Group Affiliations
Contact information
Abramson Cancer Center
1206 Penn Tower
399 South 34 Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
1206 Penn Tower
399 South 34 Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: (215) 349-5200
Fax: (215) 614-0044
Fax: (215) 614-0044
Email:
carmen.guerra@uphs.upenn.edu
carmen.guerra@uphs.upenn.edu
Links
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
Colon Cancer Alliance rings the NASDAQ closing bell in promotion of Colon Cancer Awareness Month, Times Square, New York, March 1, 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.
Oncolink Brown Bag Webchat: Advances in Colorectal Cancer Screening. March 11, 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
Colon Cancer Alliance rings the NASDAQ closing bell in promotion of Colon Cancer Awareness Month, Times Square, New York, March 1, 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.
Oncolink Brown Bag Webchat: Advances in Colorectal Cancer Screening. March 11, 2011.
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.
Permanent linkB.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.
Description of Research Expertise
Barriers 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 Expertise
Cancer ScreeningWomen's Health
Disease prevention
Selected Publications
Ramos, J, Mehta, S; Lamanna, A; Kochman, M; Guerra, C: Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of the First Year of a Colorectal Cancer Screening Patient Navigation Program at an Academic Medical Center. Digestive Disease Weekly June 2014.Ramos, J, Mehta, S; Lamanna, A; Kochman, M; Guerra, C: Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of the First Year of a Colorectal Cancer Screening Patient Navigation Program at an Academic Medical Center. Academy Health June 2014.
Morland TB, Synnestvedt S, Honeywell S, Yang F, Armstrong K, Guerra CE.: Effect of Financial Incentive for Colorectal Cancer Screening Adherence on Appropriateness of Colonoscopy Orders. JGIM. Springer, 29(1): S79, April 2014.
Wilson L: Preventing Colorectal Cancer in Vulnerable Populations: A Former Harold Amos Scholar Searches for Solutions. RWJ Foundation Newsroom April 2014 Notes: http://www.rwjf.org/en/about-rwjf/newsroom/newsroom-content/2014/04/preventing-colorectal-cancer-in-vulnerable-populations--a-former.html.
Higgins P, Gillespie D, Coniglio M, Guerra C. : Improving utilization of patient portals through a multifaceted intervention strategy ASCO’s Quality Care Symposium Nov 2013.
Guerra CE, Ross K, Holmboe E, Woo K, Heitjan, DF, Brooks D, Kirkland D, Lynn LA.: A Randomized Controlled Trial of an Evidence-Based Toolbox and Guide to Increase Primary Care Clinicians’ Rates of Colorectal Cancer Screening in Diplomates of the American Board of Internal Medicine. JGIM 28(1): S7, June 2013.
American Cancer Society: Cancer Prevention Study-3, American Cancer Society. http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/video?id=9058960#.UWSWO6XQUIQ.gmail Apr 2013.
Penn Medicine: Simply Because. http://issuu.com/pennmedicinenews/docs/simply_because_2013?mode=window&viewMode=doublePage March 2013.
Stephen Ornes: The Spice of a Trial. Cancer Today Page: 12, Winter 2013.
American Cancer Society: Public Service Announcement, American Cancer Society. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/41809089/S/bto_acs_15_sept13_1.mp4 2013.