Marina Serper, MD, MS
Gastroenterology
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Gastroenterology Perelman
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About me

  • Associate Program Director for Research, Gastroenterology Fellowship
  • Associate Professor of Medicine (Gastroenterology) at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Education and training

  • Medical School: Thomas Jefferson University Sidney Kimmel Medical College
  • Residency: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
  • Fellowship: Northwestern Memorial Hospital
  • Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

What my patients think about me

Average Rating

75 reviews

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November 2025
very professional and friendly
October 2025
she is very nice and easy to talk to with great care, and very informative.
September 2025
she is very smart, capable, and kind.
August 2025
the prep was very clear and everything went as planned with amazing results

Insurance accepted

My 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.
Dr. Serper is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Mahmud N, Panchal S, Abu-Gazala S, Serper M, Lewis JD, Kaplan DE. Association Between Bariatric Surgery and Alcohol Use-Related Hospitalization and All-Cause Mortality in a Veterans Affairs Cohort , JAMA Surg, 158(2): 2023,162-171

Serper M, Tapper EB, Kaplan DE, Taddei TH, Mahmud N. Patterns of Care Utilization and Hepatocellular Carcinoma Surveillance: Tracking Care Across the Pandemic , Am J Gastroenterol, 118(2): 2023,294-303

Deutsch-Link S, Bittermann T, Nephew L, Ross-Driscoll K, Weinberg EM, Weinrieb RM, Olthoff KM, Addis S, Serper M. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Psychosocial Evaluation and Liver Transplant Waitlisting , Am J Transplant: 2023

Horvatits T, Mahmud N, Serper M, Seiz O, Reher D, Drolz A, Sarnast N, Gu W, Erasmus HP, Allo G, Ferstl P, Wittmann S, Piecha F, Groth S, Zeuzem S, Schramm C, Huber S, Rösch T, Lohse AW, Trebicka J, Ogola G, Asrani SK, Kluwe J. MELD-Lactate Predicts Poor Outcome in Variceal Bleeding in Cirrhosis , Dig Dis Sci, 68(3): 2022,1042-1050

Groff AJ, Serper M, Tao SY, Bloomer PM, Dunn MA, Duarte-Rojo A. A Novel Method Using the Level of Mobility to Predict Mortality in Patients Admitted for Decompensated Cirrhosis: A Prospective Study , Liver Transpl, 29(2): 2022,226-228

Serper M, Kaplan DE, Taddei TH, Tapper EB, Cohen JB, Mahmud N. Non-selective Beta Blockers, Hepatic Decompensation and Mortality in Cirrhosis: A National Cohort Study , Hepatology, 77(2): 2022,489-500

Saleh ZM, Salim NE, Nikirk S, Serper M, Tapper EB. The emotional burden of caregiving for patients with cirrhosis , Hepatol Commun, 6(10): 2022,2827-2835

Yoon ES, Hur S, Curtis LM, Wynia AH, Zheng P, Nair SS, Bailey SC, Serper M, Reese PP, Ladner DP, Wolf MS. A Multifaceted Intervention to Improve Medication Adherence in Kidney Transplant Recipients: An Exploratory Analysis of the Fidelity of the TAKE IT Trial , JMIR Form Res, 6: 2022,e27277

Thomson MJ, Serper M, Khungar V, Weiss LM, Trinh H, Firpi-Morell R, Roden M, Loomba R, Barritt AS 4th, Gazis D, Mospan AR, Fried MW, Reddy KR, Lok AS Prevalence and factors associated with statin use among patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in TARGET-NASH , Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol, 20(2): 2022,458-60

Lovett RM, Opsasnick L, Russell A, Yoon E, Weiner-Light S, Serper M, Cooper Bailey S, Wolf MS. Prevalence of anxiety and depressive symptoms and impact on self-management among adults with chronic conditions in Chicago, Illinois, USA, during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional survey , BMJ Open, 12: 2022,e052495