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Marilyn M. Schapira, MD, MPH

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Professor of Medicine (General Internal Medicine) at the Veteran's Administration Medical Center
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Staff Physician, Philadelphia Veterans Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA
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Director of General Internal Medicine Fellowship Program, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
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Associate Director and VA Liaison of the National Clinician Scholar Program, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
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Associate Director, Center for Health Evaluation Research & Promotion, Philadelphia VA Medical Center
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Co-Director Master's of Science In Health Policy, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
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21 7 BS 14 (Biology) c
35 Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH, 1981.
21 7 MD 1f (School of Medicine) c
3e University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 1986.
21 8 MPH 2f (Health Planning and Administration) c
56 University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI, 1986.
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1f Post-Graduate Training
24 79 Intern in Internal Medicine, Emory University and Affiliated Hospitals Program, Atlanta, GA, 1986-1987.
24 76 Resident in Internal Medicine, Emory University and Affiliated Hospitals Program Atlanta, 1987-1988.
24 91 Resident in Internal Medicine, Moses Cone Memorial Hospital Affiliate, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC, 1988-1989.
24 6f General Internal Medicine Fellowship, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, 1989-1990.
24 75 General Internal Medicine Fellowship, Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW), Milwaukee, WI, 1990-1992.
24 9c Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) Program for Women, Drexel University College of Medicine, 2010-2011.
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28 4b American Board of Internal Medicine Number 127090, 1989.
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Description of Clinical Expertise

2a General Internal Medicine
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Description of Research Expertise

27 Shared decision making
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17 Health literacy
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Selected Publications

15b Piazza KM, Benson J, Pascal C, Hausmann LRM, Schapira MM, Burke RE: Gaps and opportunities to improve post-acute care decision-making for older Veterans: Insights from Veterans Affairs National Leaders. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 27(1), Nov 2025.

1a9 Schapira MM, Chhatre S, Dow PM, Leonard CE, Groeneveld P, Prigge JM, Roberts C, Meisel ZF, Parikh RB, Jayadevappa R, Paulson EC, Krouse RS, Suda KJ, Kumar P, Muluk V, Hubbard RA: The impact of opioid use associated with curative-intent cancer surgery on safe opioid prescribing practice among veterans: An observational study. Cancer 131(18), Sep 2025.

14a Parikh RB, Ferrell WJ, Girard A, White J, Fang S, Bekelman JE, Schapira MM: The Impact of Machine Learning Mortality Risk Prediction on Clinician Prognostic Accuracy and Decision Support: A Randomized Vignette Study. Medical Decision Making 45(6), Aug 2025.

147 Moneme AN, Syvyk S, Bakillah E, Keddem S, Schahpira MM, Chen AT, Morales C, Godshore M, Morris JB, Kelz RR : Barriers to and Facilitators of a Novel Preprofessional Patient Navigation Program in Surgery. Journal of Surgical Research 311: 54-63, Jul 2025.

109 Scherer LD, Lewis CL, Hersch J, Cappella JN, Schapira MM: Mammography screening preferences among screening-eligible women in their 40s. Annals of Internal Medicine. Letter. 178(7), July 2025.

16f Scherer LD, Lewis CL, Cappella JN, Hersch J, McCaffery K, Tate C, Smyth HL, Mosley B, Morse B, Schapira MM. : Skeptical reactions to breast cancer screening benefits and harms: Antecedents, consequences, and implications for screening communication. Health Psychology 44(6): 608-619, Jun 2025.

18c Ngumeni Tiako MJ, Engel-Rebitzer E, Friedman A, Shofer F, Dolan A, Hess EP, Perrone J, Schapira MM, Meisel ZF. : Racial Disparities in Unmet Pain Treatment Preference, Pain Treatment Satisfaction and Subsequent Opioid Misuse: A Secondary analysis of a National Multisite RCT. Journal of General Internal Medicine Jun 2025.

16f Im EO, Chee W. Paul S, Kim SY, Cho MY, Mao JJ, Nguyen GT, Schapira MM, Ulrich CM, Yeo S, Deatrick JA, Inouye J, Ma G, Meghani S, Shin D, Bao T.: Multiple dimensions of the quality of life among Asian American breast cancer survivors: The impact of a technology-based program. Breast May 2025.

14f Morse B, Parmet T, Yoder G, Tate CE, Lewis CL, McCaffery K, Cappella JN, Hersch J, Schapira MM, Scherer LD: Evaluation of how US women react to a decision aid informing them of the harms and benefits of mammography: A qualitative study. BMJ Open 15(3), Mar 2025.

138 Kim RY, Rendle KA, Mira N, Neslund-Dudas C, Greenlee RT, Honda SA, Schapira MM, Simoff MJ, Jeon J, Meza R, Ritzwoller DP, Vachani A: Adherence to Annual Lung Cancer Screening and Rates of Cancer Diagnosis. JAMA Network Open 8(3), Mar 2025.

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