Sara Clemens, MD
Infectious Diseases
Accepting new patients
Penn Infectious Diseases Penn Presbyterian
Schedule onlineCall 215-662-9908
Penn Medicine Provider

About me

  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine (Infectious Diseases)

Education and training

  • Medical School: Brown University
  • Residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  • Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

What my patients think about me

Average Rating

192 reviews

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October 2025
she is amazing
October 2025
sara was very polite and knowledgeable
September 2025
dr. clemens is always very honest and full of information
September 2025
see above. it was a good and helpful visit.

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.
  • Penn Medicine Rittenhouse Long-Term Acute Care Hospital
Dr. Clemens is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Ava Hunt, MD, Elena Martin, MD, MPH, Blake Gilberto-Bono, BA, Joseph Ladines-Lim, MD, PhD, Anne Norris, MD, Christina O’Malley, MHA, Bhavana Kunisetty, BA, Sara Clemens, MD Implementation of an Infectious Disease eConsult Service at an Urban Academic Medical Center , IDWeek 2025: 2025

Sara L. Clemens, MD and Stuart N. Isaacs, MD Mpox cases at a large urban health system in Philadelphia reveal opportunities for strengthening HIV prevention services as part of status-neutral HIV care: results of a retrospective review , Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine, 90(3): 2023,565-575

S. Clemens, N. Aitcheson Mpox cases at a large urban health system in Philadelphia reveal opportunities for strengthening HIV prevention services as part of status-neutral HIV care: results of a retrospective review , International AIDS Society 2023 Conference: 2023

Clemens S, Aelick K, Babineau J, Bretzlaff M, Edwards C, Gibson JL, Hewitt Colborne D, Iaboni A, Lender D, Schon D, Snowball E, McGilton KS, Bethell J. Home- and community-level predictors of social connection in nursing home residents: A scoping review , Health Sci Rep, 5(1): 2022,e743

Li F, Xing G, Cousineau C, Clemens S, Mofikoya M, Kim MY, Zhang JY, Zhang Y, Raha N. Development and validation of a HILIC-MS/MS method for the quantitation of fructose in human urine in support of clinical programs , J Pharm Biomed Anal, 208(1): 2022,114462

Clemens S, Wodchis W, McGilton K, McGrail K, McMahon M. The relationship between quality and staffing in long-term care: A systematic review of the literature 2008-2020 , Int J Nurs Stud, 22(1): 2021,104036

Clemens S, Macneal K, Alons C, Cohn J Screening Algorithms to Reduce Burden of Pediatric HIV Testing: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis , The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal., 39(10): 2020,e303-e309

Bianchi F, Clemens S, Arif Z, Sacks E, Cohn J. Acceptability of Routine Point-of-Care Early Infant Diagnosis in Eight African Countries: Findings From a Qualitative Assessment of Clinical and Laboratory Personnel , Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 84(1): 2020,S41-S48

Li F, Cousineau C, Xing G, Raha N, Clemens S, Mofikoya M, Kim MY, Zhang JY. Development and validation of a quantitative ultra performance LC(®) hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography MS/MS method to measure fructose and sorbitol in human plasma , Bioanalysis, 11(4): 2019,407-425

King-Ahmad A, Clemens S, Ramanathan R, Zhang Y, Raha N, Zhang Y, Holliman C, Rodrigues AD, Li F. A fully automated and validated human plasma LC-MS/MS assay for endogenous OATP biomarkers coproporphyrin-I and coproporphyrin-III , Bioanalysis, 10(9): 2018,691-701