- Chronic disease management
- Preventive health
- Wellness examination
Rebecca Arden Harris, MD, MSc
Family Medicine
Sees patients of all ages
Penn Family Care
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Assistant Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health
- Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics
- Senior Scholar, Penn Injury Science Center
- Assistant Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Rebecca Arden Harris ("Arden"), MD, MSc, is an Assistant Professor, primary care physician, and addiction medicine researcher in the Penn Department of Family Medicine and Community Health. After graduating from Haverford College with a BSc in Biology, she attended Thomas Jefferson University for medical school and completed residency training at Montefiore Medical Center in New York. She has also earned a Master of Science in Health Policy Research from Penn. Dr. Harris is board certified in both family medicine and addiction medicine.
Dr. Harris' research centers on substance use disorders, treatment delivery and innovation, and population-level modeling of the drug overdose mortality crisis. Her research has been published in leading medical journals and is supported through an NIH career-development grant.
My education and training
- Medical School: Thomas Jefferson University
Spoken languages
English
English
Español
Spanish
Reviews
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Insurance accepted
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- 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)
- 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
- Devoted Health Choice Giveback Pennsylvania (PPO)
- Devoted Health Choice Pennsylvania (PPO)
- Devoted Health Choice Plus Pennsylvania (PPO)
- Devoted Health Core Pennsylvania (HMO)
- Devoted Health Dual Plus Pennsylvania (HMO D-SNP)
- Devoted Health Giveback Pennsylvania (HMO)
Locations
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- Preventive Medicine, Addiction Medicine
- Family Medicine, 2016
- AcademyHealth, National
- American Academy of Family Physicians, National
- American Academy of Pain Medicine, National
- American Public Health Association, National
- American Society of Addiction Medicine, National
- American Society of Health Economists, National
- American Statistical Association, National
- NIDA Center for the Clinical Trials Network (CTN), National
- Society of Hospital Medicine, International
- Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, National
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Harris RA, Long JA, Bao Y, Kranzler HR, Perrone J, and Mandell DS Methadone-involved overdose deaths in urban and rural communities before and after the public health emergency flexibilities for methadone take-home doses , Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports, 15: 2025
Harris RA, Khatana SAM, Long JA Cardiometabolic deaths in black and white men: Tracing the risks from early- to mid-adulthood , Preventive Medicine Reports, 51(102997): 2025
Harris, RA Illicit stimulants and rising cardiovascular mortality: Action required , PSAM Review: 2025
Harris RA Sex and drug overdose mortality trends, 1999-2020 , JAMA Psychiatry, 79(8): 2022,833-834
Harris RA, Khatana SAM, Glei DA, Long JA Stimulant-Involved Cardiovascular Disease Mortality and Life Years Lost, 2014 to 2023 , Substance Use: Research and Treatment, 19: 2025
Harris RA, Long JA, Bao Y, Mandell DS Racial, Ethnic, and Sex Differences in Methadone-Involved Overdose Deaths Before and After the US Federal Policy Change Expanding Take-home Methadone Doses , JAMA Health Forum, 4(6): 2023
Harris RA Drug overdose deaths among non-Hispanic Black men in the US: Age-specific projections through 2025 , AJPM Focus, 2(1): 2023
Harris RA, Mandell DS Fatal drug overdose among middle-aged Black men: A life table analysis. , Addictive Behaviors, 144: 2023
Harris RA Race, overdose deaths, and years of lost life , JAMA Pediatrics, 176(7): 2022,729
Harris RA, Mandell DS, Kampman KM, Bao Y, Campbell K, Cidav Z, Coviello DM, French R, Livesey C, Lowenstein M, Lynch KG, McKay JR, Oslin DW, Wolk CB, Bogner HR Collaborative care in the treatment of opioid use disorder and mental health conditions in primary care: A clinical study protocol , Contemporary Clinical Trials, 103(106325): 2021