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Carmen E. Guerra, M.D., M.S.C.E.Associate Professor of Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Attending Physician, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Member, Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center
Attending Physician, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
Associate Member, Center for Molecular Studies in Digestive and Liver Diseases, University of Pennsylvania
Senior Fellow , Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania
Member, Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics, University of Pennsylvania
Founding co-director, UPHS Colorectal Cancer Screening Patient Navigation Program, University of Pennsylvania Health System
Senior Fellow, Center for Health Behavior Research, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Affiliated Member, LDI Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics/Penn-CMU Roybal Center, University of Pennsylvania
Associate Chief of Staff, Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Associate Director of Diversity and Community Engagement, Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania
Director, Office of Diversity, Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania
Founding Director, Healthy Woman Program, University of Pennsylvania Health System
Department: Medicine
Contact information
Abramson Cancer Center
1206 Penn Tower 399 South 34 Street Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: (215) 349-5200
Fax: (215) 614-0044 Email:
carmen.guerra@uphs.upenn.edu
Graduate Group Affiliations
Links
Medical Interview for CBS news affiliate KYW Channel 3 Philadelphia "Colorectal Cancer Screening and Curcumin for the Chemoprevention of Colorectal Cancer. Record date 3/2/07. Air date 3/27/07 Colon Cancer Alliance rings the NASDAQ closing bell in promotion of Colon Cancer Awareness Month, Times Square, New York, March 1, 2011 Medical interview on breast cancer for the Spanish television network Telemundo’s Maria Del Pilar’s “De Todo Un Poco” taped for live on 3/4/04 and aired on Philadelphia’s WWSI Telemundo Channel 62 on 3/8/04 at 6PM. Tape can be viewed at the URL below. Increasing Colorectal Cancer Screening Rates in Practice. Webinar for Quality Insights of Pennsylvania, Quality Insights of Delaware and Quality Insights of West Virginia. February 4, 2009 and February 5, 2009. Oncolink Brown Bag Webchat: Advances in Colorectal Cancer Screening. March 11, 2011.
Education:
B.A. (Psychobiology) New York University, 1989. M.D. (Medicine) University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, 1993. M.S.C.E. (Epidemiology) University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2006.
Post-Graduate Training
Intern in Medicine, Strong Memorial Hospital of the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry , 1993-1994. Resident in Medicine, Strong Memorial Hospital of the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry , 1994-1996. Fellow , NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Summer Training Institute on Randomized Clinical Trials Involving Behavioral Interventions, 2003-2003. Fellow, Robert Wood Johnson Amos Medical Faculty Development Program, 2005-2009. Candidate for Certificate of Professional Development concentrated on Leadership Development, Aresty Institute of Executive Education at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 2012-2015.
Certifications
Permanent linkAmerican Board of Internal Medicine, 1996. Recertification completed, Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine, 2007. Description of Research ExpertiseBarriers to colorectal and prostate cancer screeningPhysician behavior about cancer screening Chemoprevention in colorectal cancer screening Health literacy as a barrier to cancer screening Disparities in cancer screening Curcumin Cancer screening Description of Clinical ExpertiseCancer ScreeningWomen's Health Disease prevention Selected PublicationsRamos, J, Mehta, S; Lamanna, A; Kochman, M; Guerra, C: Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of the First Year of a Colorectal Cancer Screening Patient Navigation Program at an Academic Medical Center. Digestive Disease Weekly June 2014.Ramos, J, Mehta, S; Lamanna, A; Kochman, M; Guerra, C: Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of the First Year of a Colorectal Cancer Screening Patient Navigation Program at an Academic Medical Center. Academy Health June 2014. Morland TB, Synnestvedt S, Honeywell S, Yang F, Armstrong K, Guerra CE.: Effect of Financial Incentive for Colorectal Cancer Screening Adherence on Appropriateness of Colonoscopy Orders. JGIM. Springer, 29(1): S79, April 2014. Wilson L: Preventing Colorectal Cancer in Vulnerable Populations: A Former Harold Amos Scholar Searches for Solutions. RWJ Foundation Newsroom April 2014 Notes: http://www.rwjf.org/en/about-rwjf/newsroom/newsroom-content/2014/04/preventing-colorectal-cancer-in-vulnerable-populations--a-former.html. Higgins P, Gillespie D, Coniglio M, Guerra C. : Improving utilization of patient portals through a multifaceted intervention strategy ASCO’s Quality Care Symposium Nov 2013. Guerra CE, Ross K, Holmboe E, Woo K, Heitjan, DF, Brooks D, Kirkland D, Lynn LA.: A Randomized Controlled Trial of an Evidence-Based Toolbox and Guide to Increase Primary Care Clinicians’ Rates of Colorectal Cancer Screening in Diplomates of the American Board of Internal Medicine. JGIM 28(1): S7, June 2013. American Cancer Society: Cancer Prevention Study-3, American Cancer Society. http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/video?id=9058960#.UWSWO6XQUIQ.gmail Apr 2013. Penn Medicine: Simply Because. http://issuu.com/pennmedicinenews/docs/simply_because_2013?mode=window&viewMode=doublePage March 2013. Stephen Ornes: The Spice of a Trial. Cancer Today Page: 12, Winter 2013. American Cancer Society: Public Service Announcement, American Cancer Society. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/41809089/S/bto_acs_15_sept13_1.mp4 2013.
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