Soussan Ayubcha - Faculty Biosketch

Soussan Ayubcha, MD, MHSA

Assistant Professor of Clinical Family Medicine and Community Health

Physician, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, University of Pennsylvania

Member, DFMCH Recruitment Committee

Department: Family Medicine and Community Health

Contact information

Penn Family Care
3737 Market Street, 9th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Email:
Soussan.Ayubcha@Pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Education:
B.A. (Biological Studies)
New York University, 1999.
M.D.
Kigezi International School of Medicine (Cambridge Overseas Medical Training Programme) , 2004.
M.H.S.A.
Saint Joseph’s College of Maine, 2009.

Post-Graduate Training
Family Medicine Internship, University of Connecticut, 2006-2007.
Family Medicine Residency, University of Connecticut, 2007-2009.
Fellow, Integrative Medicine, Marcus Institute of Integrative Medicine & Nutritional Science, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital , 2020-2021.

Certifications
Educational Commission of Foreign Medical Graduates Certificate (ECFMG), 2005.
American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM), 2010.
American Board of Integrative Medicine (ABOIM), 2022.

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Description of Clinical Expertise

Integrative Medicine

Selected Publications

Arlene R Maheu, Soussan Ayubcha, Nathan R Handley: Integrative Medicine: An Opportunity for Improving Quality of Care in the Inpatient Setting. Quality Management in Health Care 10: 1097, August 2023.

Ashley Welch, Justin Laube MD: What Is Energy Healing? A Beginner’s Guide to This Complementary Practice Everyday Health July 2023 Notes: https://www.everydayhealth.com/integrative-health/energy-healing/guide/

Donna Christiano Campisano, Douglas M. Hildrew, M.D., F.A.C.S. : 10 Expert-Backed Sore Throat Remedies. Forbes Health January 2022.

Cyrus Ayubcha 1, Pedram Pouladvand 2, Soussan Ayubcha 3: A Quasi-Experimental Study of Medicaid Expansion and Urban Mortality in the American Northeast. Frontiers in Public Health 9, November 2021 Notes: DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.707907.

Handley N, Ayubcha S, Capparella L, Garber G: Patients want complementary and alternative treatments; Here’s how to implement Integrative Oncology into Practice. American Society of Clinical Oncology Daily News August 2021 Notes: https://dailynews.ascopubs.org/do/10.1200/ADN.21.200690/full/

Ayubcha S, Moffitt C: A Summer Guide to Sun Protection. Marcus Institute of Integrative Health: Jefferson Health Blog Jul 2021 Notes: https://marcusinstitute.jeffersonhealth.org/news/a-summer-guide-to-sun-protection.html.

Ayubcha S: What is Osteoporosis and How Can You Reduce Your Risk. Marcus Institute of Integrative Health: Jefferson Health Blog May 2021 Notes: https://marcusinstitute.jeffersonhealth.org/news/osteoporosis-prevention.html.

Ayubcha S: BPA & Your Health. Marcus Institute of Integrative Health: Jefferson Health Blog Feb 2021 Notes: https://marcusinstitute.jeffersonhealth.org/news/bpa-and-your-health.html.

Ayubcha S, Becker M: Exercise in Pregnancy: What are the Benefits? Marcus Institute of Integrative Health: Jefferson Health Blog Dec 2020 Notes: https://marcusinstitute.jeffersonhealth.org/news/exercise-in-pregnancy-what-are-the-benefits.html.

Ayubcha S: What is in your Cosmetics? Marcus Institute of Integrative Health: Jefferson Health Blog Oct 2020 Notes: https://marcusinstitute.jeffersonhealth.org/news/what-is-in-your-cosmetics.html.