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Mario DeMarco, MD, MPH

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Associate Professor of Clinical Family Medicine and Community Health
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13 Education:
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2f Wake Forest University, 2001.
21 8 MPH 1a (Health Policy) c
39 Harvard School of Public Health , 2006.
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42 Wake Forest University School of Medicine, 2007.
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1f Post-Graduate Training
24 4d Intern, Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Pennsylvania 1b , 2007-2008.
24 4f Resident, Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Pennsylvania 1b , 2008-2010.
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28 3a American Board of Family Medicine, 2010.
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Description of Clinical Expertise

ad Primary Care, Maternal Child Health, Interconception Care, Family Medicine Obstetrics, Chronic Disease Management, Postpartum care and integrated family care
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Description of Other Expertise

61 Undergraduate Medical Education, Graduate Medical Education, Physician Leadership
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Description of Research Expertise

7d Quality Improvement, Medical Student Education, Integrated Behavioral Health, Maternity Care, Postpartum Care
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Selected Publications

174 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 87(1): 135-138, Jan 2026 Notes: doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2025.06.020.

1b2 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. 25(11): 2387-2397, Nov 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.ajt.2025.06.013.

1bc 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. 68 The Lancet Regional Health - Americas 52(101269), Oct 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.lana.2025.101269 14

12b 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.

207 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.

1a8 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 107(6): 1064-1075, June 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.kint.2025.01.025.

195 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(21501319251384539), Jan-Dec 2025 Notes: DOI: 10.1177/21501319251384539.

fb 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.

1d9 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.

114 Cohn JD, Kearney MD, Donze ML, O'Brien CS, DeMarco MP: PROMOTE: An Innovative Curriculum to Enhance the Maternity Care Workforce. Family Medicine 56(9), Oct 2024 Notes: doi: 10.22454/FamMed.2024.146382.

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