Marguerite A. Balasta, MD

Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
Medical Director, Penn Internal Medicine at University City
University of Pennsylvania
Member, Population Health Team, Quality Improvement, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pennsylvania.
Quality Improvement Role, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pennsylvania.
Associate Director of Population Health, Division of General Internal Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Department: Medicine
Contact information
Penn Internal Medicine at University City
3701 Market Street
Suite 740
Philadelphia, PA 19104
3701 Market Street
Suite 740
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Education:
BA (Biologic Sciences)
College of Arts and Sciences, New York University, 2005.
MD
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers, 2011.
Permanent linkBA (Biologic Sciences)
College of Arts and Sciences, New York University, 2005.
MD
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers, 2011.
Selected Publications
Krisda H. Chaiyachati, MD, MPH, MSHP; Katy Mahraj, MSI; Carolina Garzon Mrad, MSE; Christina J. O’Malley, MHA; Marguerite Balasta, MD; Christopher Snider, MPH; Ann Huffenberger, RN, DBA, NEA-BC; C. William Hanson, III, MD; Shivan J. Mehta, MD, MBA, MSHP; David A. Asch, MD, MBA: Using Design and Innovation Principles to Reduce Avoidable Emergency Department Visits Among Employees of a Large Academic Medical Center. Healthcare: The Journal of Delivery Science and Innovation 2021.Marguerite Balasta, Eric Palecek, Amber Bird: Not Likerting your Direct Observation Tools? How to Implement a Behavioral Skills-Based Direct Observation Program in Outpatient Clinic. AAIM Alliance Skills and Leadership Conference October 2019.
Marguerite Balasta, David Aizenberg, Eric Palecek, Amber Bird: Practice Makes Perfect: the use of ambulatory specialty clinics to maximize deliberate practice in outpatient education. AAIM Academic Internal Medicine Week Conference March 2019.
Bird AN, Balasta MA, Palecek E: Engaging Trainees in Panel Management to Address Health Disparities. AAIM Academic Internal Medicine Week Conference March 2018.
Balasta MA, Kraft J, Palecek E, Vij A.: Advancing Resident Clinic with Advanced Practice Providers. AAIM Academic Internal Medicine Week Conference March 2018.
Balasta MA, Palecek E, Aizenberg D: Implementation of Care Teams in a Resident Continuity Clinic: Innovations in Patient Continuity, Chronic Disease Management, and Outpatient Medical Education. AAIM Alliance Skills and Leadership Conference October 2017.
Balasta, Marguerite A; Aizenberg, Dave; Palecek, Eric: Strategies to Intern Integration: Designing an Immersive Orientation to Ambulatory Medicine. AAIM Alliance Skills and Leadership Conference October 2016.
Balasta, Marguerite A.; Khanal, Yogesh; McGinniss, John; Moyer, Peter; Rabin, Tracy L. : Global Health without Boundaries: Structuring Domestic and International Opportunities to Explore Global Health in a Graduate Internal Medicine Training Program. Annals of Global Health 2016.
Balasta, MA.: Dermatologic Malignancies for Primary Care. Yale Office Based Medicine Volume: 5, 2014.
Balasta MA, Henrich J.: Introducing Palliative Care in Outpatient Management of Chronic Illness. Poster Presentation. Society of General Internal Medicine, New England Regional Conference, New Haven, CT. March 2013.