Mario DeMarco, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Clinical Family Medicine and Community Health
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
Li Y, Menon G, Kim B, DeMarco MP, Orandi BJ, Bae S, Wu W, Massie AB, Levan ML, Berger JC, Segev DL, McAdams-DeMarco MA. : Living Kidney Donors' Residential Neighborhoods: Driver or Barrier of Post-Donation Follow-Up? Am J Kidney Dis September 2025 Notes: Am J Kidney Dis. 2025 Sep 18:S0272-6386(25)01023-6. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2025.06.020. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40975263.Cohn JD, DeMarco MP, Bream KDW. : Academic-Rural Partnerships Need Bidirectionality. Academic Medicine September 2025 Notes: Acad Med. 2025 Sep 1;100(9):999. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000006068. Epub 2025 Apr 15. PMID: 40233269.
Chen Y, Long JJ, Ghildayal N, Li Y, Gao C, Chou B, Cheng K, Wilson M, DeMarco MP, Ali NM, Bae S, Kim B, Orandi BJ, Segev DL, McAdams-DeMarco MA.: Sleep disorders and sleep medications as risk factors for dementia in kidney transplant recipients: A retrospective cohort study. Am J Transplant. June 2025 Notes: Am J Transplant. 2025 Jun 18:S1600-6135(25)00329-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ajt.2025.06.013. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40553905; PMCID: PMC12329687.
Menon G, Metoyer GT, Li Y, Chen Y, Bae S, DeMarco MP, Lee BP, Loarte-Campos PC, Orandi BJ, Segev DL, McAdams-DeMarco MA. : A national registry study evaluated the landscape of kidney transplantation among presumed unauthorized immigrants in the United States. Kidney International June 2025 Notes: Kidney Int. 2025 Jun;107(6):1064-1075. doi: 10.1016/j.kint.2025.01.025. Epub 2025 Feb 14. PMID: 39956339.
Orandi BJ, Chen Y, Li Y, Charytan D, Lentine KL, Lee BP, Ali N, DeMarco MP, Weintraub MA, Bae S, Lonze BE, Ren-Fielding CJ, Lofton H, Gujral A, Segev DL, McAdams-DeMarco M. : GLP-1 Receptor Agonist Outcomes, Safety, and Body Mass Index Change in a National Cohort of Patients on Dialysis. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. June 2025 Notes: Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2025 Jun 17;20(8):1100-1110. doi: 10.2215/CJN.0000000750. PMID: 40526425; PMCID: PMC12342107.
Kearney MD, O'Brien CS, Donze ML, Oumera L, Cronholm PF, Klusaritz HA, Bream KDW, Cohn JD, DeMarco MP. : Assessing Family Medicine Obstetrics Training Needs to Strengthen Maternal Health in Underserved and Rural US Communities. J Prim Care Community Health 16, Jan-Dec 2025 Notes: J Prim Care Community Health. 2025 Jan-Dec;16:21501319251384539. doi: 10.1177/21501319251384539. Epub 2025 Oct 16. PMID: 41099517.
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 Submitted to 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.
Yiting Li, Gayathri Menon, Jane J. Long, Malika Wilson, Byoungjun Kim, Sunjae Bae, Mario P. DeMarco, Wenbo Wu, Babak J. Orandi, Terry Gordon, George D. Thurston, Tanjala S. Purnell, Roland J. Thorpe, Sarah L. Szanton, Dorry L. Segev, Mara A. McAdams-DeMarco,: Environmental and social injustices impact dementia risk among older adults with end-stage kidney disease: a national registry study. The Lancet Regional Health - Americas 52, 2025 Notes: Volume 52, 2025, 101269, ISSN 2667-193X, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lana.2025.101269. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667193X25002790) Abstract: Summary.
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.