- Chronic disease management
- Preventive health
- Wellness examination
Carmen E. Guerra, MD, MSCE, FACP
Internal Medicine
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Internal Medicine University City
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Advisory Dean, Dr. Helen O. Dickens House, Perelman School of Medicine
- Ruth C. and Raymond G. Perelman Professor of Medicine
- Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology
NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Science Research
Robert Wood Johnson Amos Faculty Development Program
My education and training
- Medical School: University of Rochester School of Medicine
- Residency: Virginia Commonwealth University Nurse Anesthesia
Spoken languages
English
English
Español
Spanish
Reviews
160 reviews
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Insurance accepted
Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.
- Aetna Advantra Cares D-SNP
- Aetna Advantra Credit Value
- Aetna Advantra Eagle HMO
- Aetna Advantra Eagle POS
- Aetna Advantra Premier Plus PPO
- Aetna Advantra Value
- Aetna Advantra Value Plus
- Aetna APCN Plus (Multi-Tier)
- Aetna Better Health Kids (CHIP) - DH Only
- Aetna Flexible Five
- Aetna Freedom Core
- Aetna Gold
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Philly Prime
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO APCN
- Aetna Premier
- Aetna Premier Plus
- Aetna Savings Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- Aetna Student Health Plan PPO
- Aetna Upfront Advantage
- First Health HMO
- First Health POS
- First Health PPO
- Meritain - Aramark (Other)
- Meritain - Aramark (Pennsylvania Premier Medical Plan)
- Americhealth Caritas of PA VIP - LGH Only
- Amerihealth Caritas (Transplant patients only)
- Amerihealth Caritas of PA - LGH Only
- Centivo EPO
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
- Cigna Healthcare HMO
- Cigna Healthcare POS
- Cigna Healthcare PPO
- Claim Watcher (Homestead/ INDECs) Open Access
- Clover Health Choice
- Clover Health Choice Value PPO
- Clover Health Classic HMO
- Clover Health Value
Locations
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- Internal Medicine, 1996
- American Association of Cancer Research, National
- American Cancer Society, National
- American College of Physicians, National
- American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), National
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Cancer Advisory Board, Local
- Freenome, Inc., National
- Guardant Health, Inc., National
- Member, Stakeholder Consortium, Preparing for Equitable Implementation of Multi-Cancer Early Detection Blood Tests (PREPARE), Cardiff University, Wales, UK, International
- Natera External Advisory Board, National
- Society of General Internal Medicine, National
- Science Meets Community
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Santaniello AE, Patel H, Milinski S, Balachandran M, Nguyen V, Wileyto EP, Vonderheide RH, Dornsife D, Johnson RG, Guerra CE. Feasibility and Acceptability of Automated Texts to Offer, Screen, and Enroll Patients in a Cancer Clinical Trial Financial Reimbursement Program: Mixed Methods Study , JMIR Form Res, 10: 2026,e78916
Maillie M, Sisk M, Coghill A, Van Bibber N, Guerra C, MD, Aboulafia DM, Atkinson TM, Velazquez V, Barta Sk Geospatial Access to CAR-T Clinical Trials for Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma in the U.S. for Persons with HIV , JAMA Network Open, 9(5): 2026,e2614265
Wolf AMD; Hoffman R, Walter LC, Zeigler-Johnson C, Church TR, Guerra CE, Elkin EB, Etzioni R, Herzig A, Oeffinger KC, Perkins RB, Raoof S, Shih YT, Skates SJ, Kratzer TB, Manassaram-Baptiste D, Smith RA. Colorectal Cancer Screening: An Update to the American Cancer Society Guideline, 2026 , CA Cancer J Clin, 76(3): 2026,e70083
De Jesus E, Woo S, Krouse RS, Guerra CE, Rendle KA, Cadet T, Allison KC, Tchou J. A Community Based Participatory Research Approach to Evaluate Barriers and Facilitators for Behavioral Weight Loss Intervention Implementation in a Predominantly Black Community. Accepted for publication. , Supportive Care in Cancer, 34(4): 2026,406
Sieren JC, Newell JD Jr, Guerra CE, Hoffman RM Applying artificial intelligence to ensure high quality and equitable lung cancer screening , Transl Lung Cancer Res, 15(5): 2026,148
Mitch Leslie More Questions Than Answers in Trial of GRAIL’s Galleri , Cancer Discov: 2026
Zeballos Torrez CR, Tierradentro-Garcia LO, MD, Wileyto EP, Edmonds CE, Verderame E, Miller D, King A, DO, Guerra CE. Sociodemographic Factors of Hispanic/Latina Women Attending Screening Mammography Before and After Federal Immigration Policy Changes , Advancing the Science of Cancer in Latinos: 2026
Alexis Kayser Hims & Hers Adds Cancer Screening; CMO Shares the Details , Newsweek: 2026
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 , CA Cancer J Clin, 76(1): 2026,e70041.
Islami F, Arias G, Lee D, Wiese D, Baeker Bispo J, Yabroff KR, Siegel RK, Bandi P, Nargis N, Patel AV, Thienprayoon PP, Kamal AH, Daniels EC, Annunziata CM, Sloan K, Lacasse LA, Winn RA, Brawley OW, Guerra CE, Dahut WL, , Jemal A. American Cancer Society’s Report on the Status of Cancer Disparities in the United States, 2025 , CA Cancer J Clin, 76(1): 2026,e70045