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Carmen E. Guerra, M.D., M.S.C.E., F.A.C.P.

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Ruth C. and Raymond G. Perelman Professor of Medicine
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Attending Physician, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
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Member, Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center
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Attending Physician, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
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Senior Fellow , Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania
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Member, Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics, University of Pennsylvania
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Founding co-director, UPHS Colorectal Cancer Screening Patient Navigation Program, University of Pennsylvania Health System
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Senior Fellow, Center for Health Behavior Research, University of Pennsylvania
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Member, Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics
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Founding Director, Healthy Woman Program/Penn Medicine Breast Health Initiative, University of Pennsylvania Health System
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Faculty Search Advisor, Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine
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Founding Director, Dr. Edward S. Cooper Leadership Development Program for PSOM faculty, Perelman School of Medicine
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Lead Faculty Search Advisor, Perelman School of Medicine
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Senior Fellow, Center for Public Health Initiatives
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Vice Chair, Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine
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Founding Associate Director of Community Outreach & Engagement, Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania
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Affiliate Member, Penn Center for Cancer Care Innovation at the Abramson Cancer Center
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Director, Center for Community Outreach and Engagement, Abramson Cancer Center
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21 9 B.A. 1a (Psychobiology) c
2c New York University, 1989.
21 9 M.D. 15 (Medicine) c
51 University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, 1993.
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46 University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2006.
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24 8b Intern in Medicine, Strong Memorial Hospital of the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry , 1993-1994.
24 8d Resident in Medicine, Strong Memorial Hospital of the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry , 1994-1996.
24 b7 Fellow , NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Summer Training Institute on Randomized Clinical Trials Involving Behavioral Interventions, 2003-2003.
24 62 Fellow, Robert Wood Johnson Amos Medical Faculty Development Program, 2005-2009.
24 c0 Executive Leadership Development, Certificate of Professional Development, Aresty Institute of Executive Education, the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 2012-2015.
24 70 Executive Leadership Development, Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM), 2018-2019.
24 6a Fellow, National Cancer Institute Multilevel Intervention Training Institute, 2022-2022.
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28 3c American Board of Internal Medicine, 1996.
28 3c American Board of Internal Medicine, 2007.
28 3c American Board of Internal Medicine, 2017.
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Description of Research Expertise

23 Health disparities
2e Barriers to accessing cancer screening
2d Barriers to accessing clinical trials
23 Colorectal cancer screening
1f Breast cancer screening
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49 Participation in Cancer Clinical Trials by Underserved Populations
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Description of Clinical Expertise

30 Cancer Screening and Prevention
16 Women's Health
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Description of Other Expertise

44 Student, Trainee and Faculty Diversity and Inclusion
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Selected Publications

1df Zeballos Torrez CR, Tierradentro-Garcia LO, MD, Wileyto EP, Edmonds CE, Verderame E, Miller D, King A, DO, Guerra CE.: Sociodemographic Factors of Hispanic/Latina Women Attending Screening Mammography Before and After Federal Immigration Policy Changes. Advancing the Science of Cancer in Latinos. University of Texas San Antonio Advancing the Science of Cancer in Latinos conference proceedings, Feb 2026.

1eb Perkins RB, Wolf AMD, Church TR, Elkin EB, Skates SJ, Etzioni RD, Guerra CE, Herzig A, Hoffman RM, Oeffinger KC, Raoof S, Shih YT, Walter LC, Zeigler-Johnson C, Manassaram‐Baptiste D, Smith RA: Self-Collected Vaginal Specimens for Human Papillomavirus Testing and Guidance on Screening Exit: An Update to the American Cancer Society Cervical Cancer Screening Guidelines. CA Cancer J Clin 76(1): e70041. Jan-Feb 2026.

12b Cassie Shortsleeve: Full-body MRI vs. blood test: Which is better for detecting cancer? Men's Health Jan 2026 Notes: https://www.menshealth.com/health/a70081827/full-body-mri-vs-blood-test-which-is-better-for-detecting-cancer/

108 Islami F, Arias G, Lee D, Wiese D, Baeker Bispo J, Yabroff KR, Siegel RK, Bandi P, Nargis N, Patel AV, Thienprayoon PP, Kamal AH, Daniels EC, Annunziata CM, Sloan K, Lacasse LA, Winn RA, Brawley OW, Guerra CE, Dahut WL, a Jemal A. b1 : American Cancer Society’s Report on the Status of Cancer Disparities in the United States, 2025. CA Cancer J Clin 76(1): e70045, Jan-Feb 2026.

10a Kaparis S, Eshaghi K, Paruzzo L, Doshi J, Ruella M, Guerra CE: CAR-T for all? Barriers, facilitators, and interventions to commercial CAR T-cell therapy access. Blood Rev Page: 01358, Dec 2025.

170 Gong IY, Soto MJ, Rafinejad-Farahani B, Unger JM, Conti RM, Guerra CE, Oza A, Rosenthal M, Rodin D.: Disparities in clinical trial participation among older adult Medicare beneficiaries with hematologic malignancies from 2006 to 2019: a SEER-Medicare analysis. Cancer 131(24): e70204, Dec 2025.

122 Alan Mozes: Routine Liquid Biopsies Could Cut Advanced Cancer Diagnoses. Medscape Nov 2025 Notes: https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/routine-liquid-biopsies-could-cut-advanced-cancer-diagnoses-2025a1000vsm?form=fpf.

122 Alan Mozes: Routine Liquid Biopsies Could Cut Advanced Cancer Diagnoses. Medscape Nov 2025 Notes: https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/routine-liquid-biopsies-could-cut-advanced-cancer-diagnoses-2025a1000vsm?form=fpf.

13d Gong IY, Rafinejad-Farahani B, Majeed H, Soto MJ, Oza A, Ehrlich T, Fernandez Lynch H, Guerra CE, Lofters A, Unger JM, Conti RM, Rosenthal M, Rodin D.: Reporting and enrollment disparities in hematologic malignancy trials between 2000-2023. Accepted for publication. 2 41 Leukemia and Lymphoma 3: 1-14, Nov 2025.

78 Lin JK, Niu J, Giordano S, Li P, Snyder R, Liao K, Li M, Guerra CE, Doshi J. d4 : Racial and Ethnic Disparities among Medicare Fee-For-Service Beneficiaries with Metastatic Breast, Colorectal, Lung, and Prostate Cancer. J Clin Oncol 43(30): 3254-3265, Oct 2025.

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