About Dr. Yegüez
Andrea graduated from Georgetown University in 2017 with a B.S. in Neurobiology with a minor in Studio Art and from the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine in 2021. She has conducted research on miscommunications and misconceptions among Spanish speaking Latinas with urologic diseases and is interested in continuing this work. She has also conducted work on integrating surgical health disparities curriculum into undergraduate medical education. She plans on maintaining her involvement in community outreach via volunteering at Puentes de Salud and engaging in further advocacy work for minoritized communities. Andrea is excited to explore the fields within Urology and Urogynecology.
Societies
- American Urological Association
Awards
- Gold Humanism Honor Society
Publications
Original Papers
- Yeguez, A.C., Yeguez C.E., Smith A.L. Lost in Translation: Misconceptions and Miscommunications Among Spanish-Speaking Latinas with Pelvic Floor Disorders Urology, 2021.
- Krain, R. Kushner, C.J, Tarazi M., Gaffney R., Yeguez, A.C., Zamalin, D.E., Pearson, D.R., Feng R., Payne, A.S., Werth, V.P.: Assessing the correlation between disease severity indices and quality of life measurement tools in pemphigus Frontiers in Immunology 10(2571): 1-7, 2019.
- Kushner, C.J., Tarazi, M., Gaffney, R.G., Feng, R., Ardalan, K., Brandling-Bennett, H.A., Castelo-Soccio, L., Chang, J.C., Chiu, Y., Gmuca,, S., Hunt, R.D., Kahn, P.J., Knight, A.M., Mehta, J., Pearson, D.R., Treat, J.R., Wan, J., Yeguez, A.C., Concha, J., Patel, B., Okawa, J., Arkin, L.M., Werth, V.P.. . Evaluation of the reliability and validity of the Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus Disease Area and Severity Index (CLASI) in pediatric cutaneous lupus among pediatric dermatologists and rheumatologists. British Journal of Dermatology 180(1):165-171, 2019.
Abstracts
- Familusi O.O., Goodsell K.E., Mulvey H.E., Williams C,. Yeguez A.C., Brooks A.D. Teaching what matters: integrating surgical disparities education into the core surgery clerkship. Association for Surgical Education 2021.
- Ravishankar, A., Concha, J.S., Yan, D., Bax, C., Yeguez, A.C., Casciola-Rosen, L., Werth, V.P. Accuracy of Commercial Panels to Evaluate Myositis Autoantibodies: A Single-Institution Perspective. American Academy of Dermatology 2020.
Editorials, Reviews, Chapters
- Rare Conditions Causing Incontinence and Their Treatment (chapter 22) in Cameron, A. (Ed.), Female Urinary Incontinence, Springer Nature, 2021.