- Chronic disease management
- Preventive health
- Wellness examination
Richard Charles Wender, MD
Family Medicine
Accepting new patients
Sees patients of all ages
Penn Family Care
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Chair, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health
- Robert G. Dunlop Professor II
My education and training
- Medical School: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
- Residency: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Spoken languages
English
English
Reviews
128 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)
- 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: On the medical staff, but does not have privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Pennsylvania Hospital: On the medical staff, but does not have privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- Family Medicine, 1982
- American Academy of Dermatology and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National
- American Academy of Family Physicians, National
- American Medical Association, National
- American Society of Clinical Oncology, National
- Association of Departments of Family Medicine (ADFM), National
- Bristol Meyers Squibb Foundation-Expert Advisory Board, National
- Colorectal Cancer Alliance Medical Advisory Committe, Local
- National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable, National
- Pennsylvania Medical Society, Local
- Population Health Leadership, National
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Wender RC GLP-1 Receptor Agonists and Cancer—The Promise Is Real. , JAMA Netw Open, 9(5): 2026,e2612143
Dwyer AJ, Wender RC, Weltzien ES, Dean MS, Sharpe K, Fleisher L, Burhansstipanov L, Johnson W, Martinez L, Wiatrek DE, Calhoun E, Battaglia TA; National Navigation Roundtable Collective pursuit for equity in cancer care: The National Navigation Roundtable , Cancer, 128(Suppl 13): 2022,2561-2567
Andrea Lawful Sanders (Talk Show Host) EQUITY: What's in a WURD? , Radio Station WURD: 2022
Wender RC Should Routine Screening for Colorectal Cancer Start at 45 Years of Age? Yes: Lowering the Starting Age Is a Settled Issue. , American Family Physician: 2022
Wender RC Should Routine Screening for Colorectal Cancer Start at 45 Years of Age? Yes: Lowering the Starting Age Is a Settled Issue , Am Fam Physician, 105(2): 2022,120-121
Wender RC More social determinants lead to more cancer death: A tragic dose response , Cancer, 128(1): 2022,39-42
Wender RC, Wolf AMD Increasing Cancer Screening Rates in Primary Care , The Medical Clinics of North America, 104(6): 2020,971-987
Fontham ETH, Wolf AMD, Church TR, Etzioni R, Flowers CR, Herzig A, Guerra CE, Oeffinger KC, Shih YT, Walter LC, Kim JJ, Andrews KS, DeSantis CE, Fedewa SA, Manassaram-Baptiste D, Saslow D, Wender RC, Smith RA Cervical cancer screening for individuals at average risk: 2020 guideline update from the American Cancer Society , CA Cancer J Clin, 70(5): 2020,321-346
Wender RC Colorectal cancer screening should begin at 45. , J Gastroenterol Hepatol, 35(9): 2020,1461-1463
Giri VN, Knudsen KE, Kelly WK, Cheng HH, Cooney KA, Cookson MS, Dahut W, Weissman S, Soule HR, Petrylak DP, Dicker AP, AlDubayan SH, Toland AE, Pritchard CC, Pettaway CA, Daly MB, Mohler JL, Parsons JK, Carroll PR, Pilarski R, Blanco A, Woodson A, Rahm A, Taplin ME, Polascik TJ, Helfand BT, Hyatt C, Morgans AK, Feng F, Mullane M, Powers J, Concepcion R, Lin DW, Wender R, Mark JR, Costello A, Burnett AL, Sartor O, Isaacs WB, Xu J, Weitzel J, Andriole GL, Beltran H, Briganti A, Byrne L, Calvaresi A, Chandrasekar T, Chen DYT, Den RB, Dobi A, Crawford ED, Eastham J, Eggener S, Freedman ML, Garnick M, Gomella PT, Handley N, Hurwitz MD, Izes J, Karnes RJ, Lallas C, Languino L, Loeb S, Lopez AM, Loughlin KR, Lu-Yao G, Malkowicz SB, Mann M, Mille P, Miner MM, Morgan T, Moreno J, Mucci L, Myers RE, Nielsen SM, O'Neil B, Pinover W, Pinto P, Poage W, Raj GV, Rebbeck TR, Ryan C, Sandler H, Schiewer M, Scott EMD, Szymaniak B, Tester W, Trabulsi EJ, Vapiwala N, Yu EY, Zeigler-Johnson C, Gomella LG Implementation of Germline Testing for Prostate Cancer: Philadelphia Prostate Cancer Consensus Conference 2019 , J Clin Oncol., 38(24): 2020,2798-2811