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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
19 Disease Prevention
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Description of Other Expertise

44 Student, Trainee and Faculty Diversity and Inclusion
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Selected Publications

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.

180 Hoadley A, Fleisher L, Kenny C, Kelly PJ, Ma X, Wu J, Guerra C, Leader AE, Alhajji M, D'Avanzo P, Landau Z, Bass SB.: Exploring Racial Disparities in Awareness and Perceptions of Oncology Clinical Trials: Cross-Sectional Analysis of Baseline Data From the mychoice Study. JMIR Cancer 30(10): e56048, Sept 2025.

20e Paruzzo L, Eshaghi K, Ghilardi G, Doucette A, Ho M, Carturan A, Vogl DT, Waxman AJ, Kapur S, Fardella E, Pucillo M, Imparato A, Stella F, Guruprasad P, De Souza V, Maillie L, Kapariz-Ruiz S, Bouvier R, Cohen AD, Joshi D, Porter D, Garfall A, Stadtmauer EA, Guerra CE, Susanibar S, Ruella M.: Access and Outcomes of Racial and Ethnic Minority Health Populations Receiving Commercial Anti-BCMA CART Therapy for Myeloma. Blood ICT 1(2): 100007, Sept 2025.

103 Dako F, Karasek P, Seward J, White K, Vachani A, Rendle K, Guerra C.: Measuring Health-Related Social Risks in a Lung Cancer Screening Cohort. J Am Coll Radiol 22(7): 737-743, July 2025.

118 Guerra CE, Litton JK, Viswanath CE, Fendrick AM: Multicancer Early Detection Tests at a Crossroads: Commercial Availability Ahead of Definitive Evidence. Am Soc Clin Oncol Educ Book 45(3): e473834, Jun 2025.

12e Maillie L, Sisk S, Coghill A, Guerra C, Aboulafia D, Atkinson T, Barta S.: Geospatial disparities in access to clinical trials for AIDS-defining malignancies in the continental United States. J Clin Oncol 43 (supp 16), June 2025.

15f Parikh R, Hearn C, Frimpong Y, Li Y, Goel K, Ferber J, Berwanger K, Boyd D, Guerra C: Machine learning–informed navigation of patients in persistent poverty zip codes to improve colorectal cancer screening: A prospective controlled study. J Clin Oncol 23 (supp 16), June 2025.

13b Bakillah E, Rosenthal JW, Syvyk S, Wirtalla C, Sharpe J, Merchant RM, Mehta SJ, Guerra CE, Kelz R.: Colorectal Cancer and Quality of Life: A Medicare Advantage Study by Race, Ethnicity, and Language. J Surg Oncol 131(7): 1373-1383, June 2025.

65 National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine 4b : Opportunities and challenges for the development and adoption of c3 multicancer detection tests: Proceedings of a workshop. National Cancer Policy Forum Proceedings. National Academies Press, May 2025 Notes: https://doi.org/10.17226/29114.

143 Hoffman RM, Wolf AMD, Raoof S, Guerra CE, Church TR, Elkin EB, Etzioni RD, Shih YT, Skates SJ, Manassaram-Baptiste D, Smith RA: Multicancer early detection testing: Guidance for primary care discussions with patients. Cancer 131(7): e35823, Apr 2025.

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