Carmen E. Guerra, M.D., M.S.C.E., F.A.C.P.
Ruth C. and Raymond G. Perelman Professor of Medicine
Department: Medicine
Contact information
Abramson Cancer Center
12-107 South Pavilion
Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
3400 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
12-107 South Pavilion
Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
3400 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: (215) 349-5200
Fax: (215) 614-0044
Fax: (215) 614-0044
Publications
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.
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.
Links
Search PubMed for articles
American Board of Internal Medicine Blog, Apr 6, 2018.
Lack of Broadband, Rise of Anti-Vaxxer Rhetoric Threaten Black Community During Pandemic
Oncolink Brown Bag Webchat: Advances in Colorectal Cancer Screening. March 11, 2011.
"Faith, (Mis)Trust, and COVID-19" Penn Medicine Co-Sponsored Town Hall Targeting Vaccine Hesitancy in Communities of Color. University Joins with Rev. Cean James and Congressman Dwight Evans and the COVID-19 Prevention Network. December 15, 2020.
Cancer Inequities. 2021 Mercy Douglas Lectureship, Feb 17, 2021.
Drive, Walk, Mail, Text: How to Connect Communities to Colorectal Cancer Screening
Caner del seno? No dejes que to conuma el panico. El Diaro NY. Oct 18, 2017.
#WomenofPenn: Seeds of Inspiration Rooted in Childhood. Penn Medicine Blog. May 9, 2019.
Pennsylvania Senator Art Haywood: Ask Art Live Series on Affordable Healthcare Open Enrollment, Dec 15, 2022
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.
Philadelphia Magazine's Think Pink 2017
You were diagnosed with DCIS. El Diario. October 19, 2016.
A Primary Care Physician Explores Barriers to Cancer Prevention and Clinical Trial Accrual. ASCO Post. Oct 20, 2020.
ASCO podcast: Social Determinants of Health - Access to Care. Oct, 2021.
Genetic Testing Saves Lives. So Why Aren’t More Women Of Color Doing It? by Lauren Pluckett-Pope. Oct, 2021.
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.
Philadelphia Magazine, Think Pink, Join the Fight Against Breast Cancer. October, 2016.
Philadelphia Magazine, Think Pink, October, 2018
Aware for all Northeast. April 15, 2021.
Inquirer Live: Cancer Care for All
The Cancer Screening Crisis, KYW Philadelphia, Oct 1, 2022
"Here’s Everything You Need to Know About Cancer Screening" Philadelphia Magazine, 12/5/2020
Doctora latina rompe barreras para ayudar a mujeres con cáncer de mama. By José Martínez. Oct, 2021.
More Black patients are participating in clinical trials for cancer treatment at Penn thanks to this effort | 5 Questions by Sandy Bauers
Cáncer de Seno: Mujeres latinas luchan por salvar vidas. By José Martínez. Oct, 2021.
"Diversity in Clinical Trials," Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Health Summit, Nov 17, 2021
National Comprehensive Cancer Network Health Equity Report Card
American Board of Internal Medicine | Health Care Org. Exemplars in Community Engagement as a Strategy in Building Trust
Avoiding Getting Colorectal Cancer by Getting Screened at 45, KYW Briding Philadelphia interview
Amplifying Scientific Innovation Podcast: Clinical Trial Diversity Panel Session. Jan 11, 2021.
AACR Colorectal Cancer Screening During the Pandemic
Becker's Hospital Review: Why Penn Medicine Prioritized Mobile Mammography
American Cancer Society has new guidelines on when to start mammograms. CBS-3 Philadelphia. October 20, 2015.
Art of Aging: Screening Saves Lives. WABC, Philadelphia, January 7, 2016.
Philadelphia Magazine Think Pink Breast Cancer - you can help save lives. October, 2015.
American Cancer Society Get Screened (in Spanish)
Harvard Medical School Health Disparities Resources for Providers
Promoting Cancer Equity and Inclusion Through Navigation Efforts
Why Cancer Screenings — Even in the Middle of a Pandemic — Are Still Vitally Important. Philadelphia Magazine. Oct 31, 2020.
Increasing Participation of Patients from Racial and Ethnic Minority Populations in Cancer Clinical Trials: An ASCO-ACCC Collaboration
The reality of cancer risks - and bacon by Sandy Bauers
Stories of Innovation, Penn Medicine Center for Health Care Innovation. Jan, 2019.
Breast Cancer Town Hall. WDAS, Philadelphia. October 20, 2015
Colorectal Cancer Screening During the Pandemic
La detección temprana del cáncer de seno salva vidas. Oct 12, 2020 Univision 41 NYC
Preventing Colorectal Cancer in Vulnerable Populations: A Former Harold Amos Scholar Searches for Solutions: A Grantee Story of Carmen E. Guerra, MD, MSCE
Breast Cancer: What all Latinas should know. El Diario. October 19, 2016.
An American Tale: Making a difficult journey easier for others. Carmen Guerra, M.D. Philadelphia Magazine, April 28, 2018.
The Reality of Cancer Risk….and Bacon. Interview by Sandy Bauers from the Philadelphia Inquirer. October 30, 2015.
Colon Cancer Alliance rings the NASDAQ closing bell in promotion of Colon Cancer Awareness Month, Times Square, New York, March 1, 2011
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 March 27, 2007
Science Meets Community: Cancer in the Delaware Valley. Abramson Cancer Center Publication, May, 2015.
Delays in mammography screening during the pandemic. Oct 14, 2020 ABC7 News Chicago.
American Cancer Society Get Screened PSA (in English)
Health Care Organization Exemplars in Community Engagement as a Strategy in Building Trust
Black and Hispanic Americans are most likely to miss health screenings due to COVID-19. A Penn physician is meeting the need.
6 Things All Black Women Need to Know About Breast Cancer by Rozalyn Frasier. Nov, 2021.
Beating the Odds Against Breast Cancer: Communication is Key
Permanent linkSearch PubMed for articles
American Board of Internal Medicine Blog, Apr 6, 2018.
Lack of Broadband, Rise of Anti-Vaxxer Rhetoric Threaten Black Community During Pandemic
Oncolink Brown Bag Webchat: Advances in Colorectal Cancer Screening. March 11, 2011.
"Faith, (Mis)Trust, and COVID-19" Penn Medicine Co-Sponsored Town Hall Targeting Vaccine Hesitancy in Communities of Color. University Joins with Rev. Cean James and Congressman Dwight Evans and the COVID-19 Prevention Network. December 15, 2020.
Cancer Inequities. 2021 Mercy Douglas Lectureship, Feb 17, 2021.
Drive, Walk, Mail, Text: How to Connect Communities to Colorectal Cancer Screening
Caner del seno? No dejes que to conuma el panico. El Diaro NY. Oct 18, 2017.
#WomenofPenn: Seeds of Inspiration Rooted in Childhood. Penn Medicine Blog. May 9, 2019.
Pennsylvania Senator Art Haywood: Ask Art Live Series on Affordable Healthcare Open Enrollment, Dec 15, 2022
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.
Philadelphia Magazine's Think Pink 2017
You were diagnosed with DCIS. El Diario. October 19, 2016.
A Primary Care Physician Explores Barriers to Cancer Prevention and Clinical Trial Accrual. ASCO Post. Oct 20, 2020.
ASCO podcast: Social Determinants of Health - Access to Care. Oct, 2021.
Genetic Testing Saves Lives. So Why Aren’t More Women Of Color Doing It? by Lauren Pluckett-Pope. Oct, 2021.
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.
Philadelphia Magazine, Think Pink, Join the Fight Against Breast Cancer. October, 2016.
Philadelphia Magazine, Think Pink, October, 2018
Aware for all Northeast. April 15, 2021.
Inquirer Live: Cancer Care for All
The Cancer Screening Crisis, KYW Philadelphia, Oct 1, 2022
"Here’s Everything You Need to Know About Cancer Screening" Philadelphia Magazine, 12/5/2020
Doctora latina rompe barreras para ayudar a mujeres con cáncer de mama. By José Martínez. Oct, 2021.
More Black patients are participating in clinical trials for cancer treatment at Penn thanks to this effort | 5 Questions by Sandy Bauers
Cáncer de Seno: Mujeres latinas luchan por salvar vidas. By José Martínez. Oct, 2021.
"Diversity in Clinical Trials," Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Health Summit, Nov 17, 2021
National Comprehensive Cancer Network Health Equity Report Card
American Board of Internal Medicine | Health Care Org. Exemplars in Community Engagement as a Strategy in Building Trust
Avoiding Getting Colorectal Cancer by Getting Screened at 45, KYW Briding Philadelphia interview
Amplifying Scientific Innovation Podcast: Clinical Trial Diversity Panel Session. Jan 11, 2021.
AACR Colorectal Cancer Screening During the Pandemic
Becker's Hospital Review: Why Penn Medicine Prioritized Mobile Mammography
American Cancer Society has new guidelines on when to start mammograms. CBS-3 Philadelphia. October 20, 2015.
Art of Aging: Screening Saves Lives. WABC, Philadelphia, January 7, 2016.
Philadelphia Magazine Think Pink Breast Cancer - you can help save lives. October, 2015.
American Cancer Society Get Screened (in Spanish)
Harvard Medical School Health Disparities Resources for Providers
Promoting Cancer Equity and Inclusion Through Navigation Efforts
Why Cancer Screenings — Even in the Middle of a Pandemic — Are Still Vitally Important. Philadelphia Magazine. Oct 31, 2020.
Increasing Participation of Patients from Racial and Ethnic Minority Populations in Cancer Clinical Trials: An ASCO-ACCC Collaboration
The reality of cancer risks - and bacon by Sandy Bauers
Stories of Innovation, Penn Medicine Center for Health Care Innovation. Jan, 2019.
Breast Cancer Town Hall. WDAS, Philadelphia. October 20, 2015
Colorectal Cancer Screening During the Pandemic
La detección temprana del cáncer de seno salva vidas. Oct 12, 2020 Univision 41 NYC
Preventing Colorectal Cancer in Vulnerable Populations: A Former Harold Amos Scholar Searches for Solutions: A Grantee Story of Carmen E. Guerra, MD, MSCE
Breast Cancer: What all Latinas should know. El Diario. October 19, 2016.
An American Tale: Making a difficult journey easier for others. Carmen Guerra, M.D. Philadelphia Magazine, April 28, 2018.
The Reality of Cancer Risk….and Bacon. Interview by Sandy Bauers from the Philadelphia Inquirer. October 30, 2015.
Colon Cancer Alliance rings the NASDAQ closing bell in promotion of Colon Cancer Awareness Month, Times Square, New York, March 1, 2011
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 March 27, 2007
Science Meets Community: Cancer in the Delaware Valley. Abramson Cancer Center Publication, May, 2015.
Delays in mammography screening during the pandemic. Oct 14, 2020 ABC7 News Chicago.
American Cancer Society Get Screened PSA (in English)
Health Care Organization Exemplars in Community Engagement as a Strategy in Building Trust
Black and Hispanic Americans are most likely to miss health screenings due to COVID-19. A Penn physician is meeting the need.
6 Things All Black Women Need to Know About Breast Cancer by Rozalyn Frasier. Nov, 2021.
Beating the Odds Against Breast Cancer: Communication is Key
Selected Publications
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. Accepted for publication. CA Cancer J Clin 76(1): e70041. Jan-Feb 2026.Lin JK, Niu J, Giordano S, Li P, Snyder R, Liao K, Li M, Guerra CE, Doshi J. : 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine : Opportunities and challenges for the development and adoption of multicancer detection tests: Proceedings of a workshop. National Cancer Policy Forum Proceedings. National Academies Press, May 2025 Notes: https://doi.org/10.17226/29114.