Chair, Family Medicine and Community Health, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Joined October 2014
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Matching with a new group of amazing residents who are deeply committed to #SocialJustice and #equity is always one of the year’s highlights in Penn’s Department of Family Medicine and Community Health. Welcome to the @Penn family!
We are thrilled to welcome our newest members of @UPenn_FMRP, Class of 2026! 🥳🫶🎉Welcome to Penn Medicine and the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health!
#Match2023 #FMRevolution #FamilyMedicine
Patient #navigation is one of the most proven #publichealth and #cancer control interventions. Worth listening in! @PennPubHealth
Allison is a extraordinary champion and a true leader in promoting colorectal cancer screening. @PennPubHealth
After almost 2 days of being with leaders in the #colorectalcancer space to discuss best ways to improve prevention, early detection & screening, I am just humbled to be included in these conversations as a passionate #cancer survivor & advocate! TY @NCCRTnews & @AmericanCancer
Care systems are making progress in understanding how the trauma patients experience through their lifetime profoundly shapes health. Screening for these factors can and should alter how we care for people. Dr. Maharaj-Best does this very well! @PennPubHealth @Penn_DFMCH
Ayiti-Carmel Maharaj-Best, MD, an assistant professor @Penn_DFMCH and a clinician @PennMedicine's LGBTQ Health Program shared with @EverydayHealth that many of her patients are recovering from a “lifetime of trauma. Some have high rates of depression, anxiety, and PTSD.”
We have a lot of work to do to increase #lungcancer #screening. Creating a #quality measure would greatly increase engagement by #primarycare clinicians. Excited to be part of this meeting. @NLCRTnews @Penn_DFMCH @PennPubHealth
Great start to @NLCRTnews “Accelerating the Uptake of Lung Cancer Screening” meeting today. Thanks to @ellakaz @RichWender John Williams @PresCancerPanel and many others for your leadership and partnership!
Place Matters. #HealthInsurance is an over-arching social determinant of health. @ACSCAN has done a great job in helping a few states expand Medicaid. Access to care is one of our #HumanRights @Penn_DFMCH @PennPubHealth
This 'natural experiment' proves, time and again, that WHERE you live can determine IF you live. This inequity is unacceptable. Congress can close the #CoverageGap and help all states experience the improved cancer and health outcomes associated with #Medicaid expansion.
Our Department of Family Medicine and Community Health received the inaugural Departmental Award for #DiversityandInclusion at the 10 year gala of the Penn-CHOP Alliance of Minority Physicians. #Workforce must reflect #community we serve. @PennPubHealth @Penn_DFMCH
Humbled and honored to be working with our community and the amazing people at Penn to address critical #publichealth issues in our region and around the world. @PennPubHealth
We are so excited to announce the appointment of Richard C. Wender, MD (@RichWender) as Executive Director of the Center for Public Health Initiatives as of July 1, 2022!🎉Many thanks to @jenniferpintom3
for leading @PennPubHealth for the last 9 years!
#PublicHealth #MPH @Penn
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I greatly value primary care physicians’ leadership/partnership taking on barriers to #lungcancer screening, & I suspect my pulmonary & surgery colleagues do too!
Yes to HEDIS measures for #lungcancer screening @NCQA!
@marcottle @RichWender
@NLCRTnews @ellakaz @DouglasEWood1
Now Is the Time to Make Screening for Lung Cancer Reportable | Annals of Internal Medicine acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/…. @DrGregoryKane @JulieBartaMD @CSShusted
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New: A study by LDI Fellow @marilyn_schap supports using eHealth technology in #PrimaryCare to engage veterans, inform them about a new cancer control screening test, & prepare them to participate in a shared decision-making discussion with their provider.
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🎉Congratulations to PC3I Faculty @DrLolaFayanju, recipient of the Carole P. & F. Otto Haas Junior Faculty in Clinical Oncology Award, a $20k award which provides research support and salary funds for junior faculty in clinical oncology: pennmedicine.org/news/news-r…
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Meet Sean!
📍Maryland
🩺Interests: musculoskeletal & adolescent medicine
Worked as an assistant in a physical therapy office & continued to engage in sports medicine support for local sporting events
💗Enjoys trivia nights, weightlifting & @NovaMBB
Volunteer @SpecialOlympics
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3 QUESTIONS ON... Social Determinants of Health & Cancer Outcomes With @RichWender Chair & Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health at @PennMedicine: ow.ly/E1Qh50IGxUw #CommunityHealth #Cancer #Healthcare
Moving tribute to the extraordinary life and career of Dr. Pierre P. Massion at the National Lung Cancer Roundtable Annual Meeting. I will strive to live like he did. @NLCRTnews @AmericanCancer Society @chrisdraft
Incredible work by Association of Black Gastroenterologists and Hepatologists. A powerful force in promoting equity. @blackingastro @NCCRTnews #nccrt21 #80InEveryCommunity
Really great to be joining our @NCCRTnews members at #80InEveryCommunity conference. Thanks for the love and support as I turn the Chair over to Steve Itzkowitz. The best is yet to come! @AnjeeDavis @coloncancermike @FightCRC @americanCancer Society @Letitiathompson
New USPSTF #colorectalcancer #screening guideline out today. Universal agreement exists. All people at average risk need to start screening at age 45. Let’s all work together to get this done. @NCCRTnews @AmericanCancer Society
Looking forward to joining with my remarkable colleagues at 2PM today to examine where we are with #ColorectalCancer Screening and how we surge forward. Hope you can join! @NCCRTnews @AmericanCancer Society.
TOMORROW: Register for NCCRT’s next webinar on April 15 at 2 PM ET: #ColorectalCancer Screening & #COVID19 Update: A Look At The Current Landscape One Year Into The Pandemic: nccrt.org/event/crc-screenin… @RichWender @IssakaMD @coloncancermike
Sending my congratulations to Dr. Karen Knudsen who was announced today as the new CEO of @AmericanCancer Society. She is an accomplished and inspirational leader, a great scientist, and puts the public and patients at the center of the fight against cancer. A brilliant choice!
Our Department at Penn partners with our West Philadelphia community to strive for #socialjustice and #healthequity. Please check out this opportunity!
We're still spreading the word about openings in the Dept of Family Medicine & Community Health at UPenn. @UPenn_FMRP. Check out our (updated) poster below and send along to your FM friends. Thanks!
