Carmen E. Guerra MD, MSCE

Carmen E. Guerra, MD, MSCE, is the Ruth C. and Raymond G. Perelman Associate Professor of Medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Guerra is a practicing general internist and health equity researcher. She is also the Vice Chair of Diversity and Inclusion for the Department of Medicine, an Advisory Dean of medical students in the Dr. Helen O. Dickens House, and the Associate Director of Diversity and Outreach for the Abramson Cancer Center (ACC) where she also co-leads Community Outreach and Engagement.

Dr. Guerra and her team have led dissemination and implementation research to increase participation by Black individuals in cancer treatment trials and in breast and colorectal cancer screenings and doubled the participation of Black participants in cancer clinical trials. Dr. Guerra also serves on the American Cancer Society (ACS) National Board of Directors, and on several ACS committees including the Mission Outcomes, Health Equity and Clinical Guideline Development Group. She has authored numerous articles including the current ACS colorectal cancer screening guidelines which reduced the starting age for screening to 45, the cervical cancer screening guidelines which allow for screening with HPV testing alone (without a Pap smear) and the current HPV vaccination guidelines. These publications widely influence current clinical practice.