Erin Marcus
Erin N. Marcus, M.D., M.P.H is an internal medicine doctor who writes on public health and health disparity issues for The Washington Post,[1] The Atlantic,[2] The New York Times[3] and other publications.
Career
Marcus is a general internist and an associate professor of clinical medicine at the University of Miami's Miller School of Medicine.[4][5]
Marcus is a former American Association for the Advancement of Science Mass Media Fellow and worked as a newspaper reporter before receiving her medical degree.[citation needed] In 2013, Marcus was serving at the Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine of the University of Miami, as the associate medical director of the Institute for Women's Health.[6]
Selected academic publications
- Michels, S., Rosenfeld, P. J., Puliafito, C. A., Marcus, E. N., & Venkatraman, A. S. (2005). Systemic bevacizumab (Avastin) therapy for neovascular age-related macular degeneration: twelve-week results of an uncontrolled open-label clinical study. Ophthalmology, 112(6), 1035-1047.
- Moshfeghi, A. A., Rosenfeld, P. J., Puliafito, C. A., Michels, S., Marcus, E. N., Lenchus, J. D., & Venkatraman, A. S. (2006). Systemic Bevacizumab (Avastin) Therapy for Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration: Twenty-Four–Week Results of an Uncontrolled Open-Label Clinical Study. Ophthalmology, 113(11), 2002-2011.
- Marcus, E. N. (2006). The silent epidemic—the health effects of illiteracy. New England Journal of Medicine, 355(4), 339-341.
- Tamariz, Leonardo, Ana Palacio, Mauricio Robert, and Erin N. Marcus. "Improving the informed consent process for research subjects with low literacy: a systematic review." Journal of General Internal Medicine 28, no. 1 (2013): 121-126.
- Marcus, E. N. (2016). Muslim Women's Preferences in the Medical Setting: How Might They Contribute to Disparities in Health Outcomes?. Journal of Women's Health, 25(6), 561-562.
Honors and awards
In 2009 she was awarded an American Cancer Society Cancer Control Career Development Award for Primary Care Physicians[7] and a grant from the Ford Foundation.[8] In 2013, she was named one of ten internists that physicians should follow on Twitter by Medical Economics.[9]
References
- ^ Marcus, Erin N. (March 24, 2014). "A common problem few women want to talk about: Fibroids cause more than just pain". Washington Post. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
- ^ "Erin N. Marcus". The Atlantic. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
- ^ "Erin N. Marcus". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
- ^ "Faculty & Staff - Institute for Women's Health". Miller School of Medicine. Archived from the original on December 12, 2014. Retrieved May 12, 2014.
- ^ "Erin N. Marcus, M.D." The Huffington Post. Retrieved May 12, 2014.
- ^ Buchanan, Maggie Jo (Fall 2013). "Fighting Domestic Violence Through Insurance: What The Affordable Care Act Does And Can Do For Survivors". Texas Journal of Women and the Law. 23 (1). Austin, Texas: University of Texas at Austin School of Law Publications: 83. ISSN 1058-5427. Retrieved 23 January 2017. – via EBSCO's Academic Search Complete (subscription required)
- ^ "Communicating Results of Mammograms and Other Screening Tests (HLOL #97)". Health Literacy Out Loud. June 4, 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
- ^ "University of Miami / Grants / Ford Foundation". Ford Foundation. Retrieved May 12, 2014.
- ^ Ritchie, Alison (June 25, 2013). "10 internists that physicians should follow on Twitter". Retrieved 18 January 2017.